An old pun has it that a mistress is "something between a mister and a mattress." A concubine is generally something between a wife and a mistress: it implies a long-term sexual relationship but with a lower status than spouse. Dorin's poem hints at the real but amorphous human nature of relationships.
An old pun has it that a mistress is "something between a mister and a mattress." A concubine is generally something between a wife and a mistress: it implies a long-term sexual relationship but with a lower status than spouse. Dorin's poem hints at the real but amorphous human nature of relationships.
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