burla

EN Speaking with warmth and eloquence she described the iniquity of the English dairy system, and in what state milk was delivered at the door, and was about to prove her charges, for she had gone into the matter, when all round the table, beginning with Andrew in the middle, like a fire leaping from tuft to tuft of furze, her children laughed; her husband laughed; she was laughed at, fire-encircled, and forced to vail her crest, dismount her batteries, and only retaliate by displaying the raillery and ridicule of the table to Mr Bankes as an example of what one suffered if one attacked the prejudices of the British Public.
GL Falando con ardor e elocuencia describiu o perverso sistema inglés de leiterías, e o estado no que se entregaba o leite nos domicilios, e cando ía proba-las súas acusacións, porque coñecía ben a materia, xurdiu arredor da mesa, comezando por Andrew, que estaba no centro, algo semellante a un lume que se vai espallando de matogueira en matogueira; os seus fillos rían; o seu home ría; ríanse dela e, cercada por aquel lume, viuse obrigada a tira-lo helmo, desmonta-las baterías e limitarse a vingarse sinalando ó señor Bankes as burlas e escarnecementos da mesa como exemplo do que lle pode acontecer a un se ataca os preconceptos do público británico.
Fonte: CAR (1598)

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