Into this came the dwarf’s caravan like a spirit of chaos—pushing aside tottering stalls, running over unguarded feet, impervious to abuse, drawing forth as it passed each brazier the ironic catcalls of idlers and the shrieks of fishwives (who required that the dwarf come behind a booth with them and there bash the dents out of a pot they would show him).
(Viriconium; M. John Harrison)
Would you be so kind as to explain to me what it is supposed to mean?
Thanks.
(Viriconium; M. John Harrison)
Would you be so kind as to explain to me what it is supposed to mean?
Thanks.