girdle-hook

Updated: May 10, 2025

And then she hung her ladle at her girdle-hook and took the sieve in both hands and carried the water all the way to the temple. And everybody said that that proved that she had told the truth. "That's the story. Had you ever heard it?" "Yes, little lady," Truttidius said, "I have heard it." "What I want to know," Brinnaria pursued, "is this: Is it a made-up story or is it a true story P"

Edward Lucas White - The Unwilling Vestal