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Thread #159967   Message #3794461
Posted By: Lighter
08-Jun-16 - 03:03 PM
Thread Name: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
Subject: RE: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
I see an embarrassing error, Richie:

>In these versions the usage of "room" is archaic meaning "dwelling of a swan" or "space of a swan."

"In the room of a swan" means, of course, "in the place of a swan, instead of a swan"; and not as you have it, "in the dwelling of a swan" or "in the space of a swan."