grass-plays

Updated: May 21, 2025

The mice play unconcernedly over the grave. Pisistratus, pointing first to the beasts, then to the instrument. "Which do you like best, the mice or the hurdygurdy?" Savoyard shows his teeth considers stretches himself on the grass-plays with the mice and answers volubly. Pisistratus, by the help of Latin comprehending that the Savoyard says that the mice are alive, and the hurdy-gurdy is not.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - The Caxtons — Complete