contortioners

Updated: May 19, 2025

I come here to see 'Ten Nights in a Ba-ar Room, I didn't come here t' see contortioners and recitationers. Give us any more o' yer " Here, an onion, thrown from the rear of the room by some sympathetic partner in Captain Pharo's woes, came whizzing over our heads and just missed the woman, by good aim; she retreated without the formality of her usual sweeping bow.

Sarah Pratt McLean Greene - Vesty of the Basins