Ribald Classic: Up The Chimney
March, 1973
At the first alarm, she willed Cornelio to mount into a narrow chimney, where, being denied scope to sit or lean for his ease, he stood upright upon a bar of iron rammed with stone and mortar into the masonry; where, having his drawn sword in his hand, he resembled the image of some naked Jupiter holding a thunderbolt in his fingers. And Plaudina, ready of wit in extremity, descended into the courtyard with the keys of the house in her hand to seek out the captain of the watch that was making su...
