The Trumpet's Silence and the Body's Concomitants
…d, with a stick, with a sword, on one side, on the other, on every side, saying : - " Speak, master trumpet ! speak, master trumpet !" Then, Prince, the trumpeter thought : - " How silly are these border bor…
This passage illustrates a conversation between a trumpeter and some border born men who are puzzled by the trumpet's silence. The trumpeter reflects on how …