tavern-sign

Updated: May 4, 2025

But the next instant a chill ran down his back, for a raven perched on the black doll and pecked so fiercely at it with its hard beak, that bird and image swayed to and fro like a pendulum. "What does this nonsense mean?" asked the baron, turning to the servant, a bold-looking fellow, who rode behind him. "It's something like a tavern-sign," replied the latter.

Georg Ebers - The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete