Nathros continues to observe proceedings, nodding along where he agrees with the tale, but refraining from breaking in unless some smirch upon his honour is accidentally incurred.
Nathros continues to observe proceedings, nodding along where he agrees with the tale, but refraining from breaking in unless some smirch upon his honour is accidentally incurred.
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
– Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)