*The Dark Elf drags out the dead horse once again from the floor of the glue factory*
I was reading Boccaccio's
Decameron as translated by John Payne last night, and lo and behold! what should I find staring up at me from the
Ninth Story on
Day the Tenth:
Quote:
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There was once a great man and a rich, who, among other very precious jewels in his treasury, had a goodly and costly ring...
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It would seem Professor Tolkien stands in some august literary company.