XLIII. The Idiot Fool
He is mocking Death, by putting his finger in his mouth, and at
the same time endeavoring to strike him with his bladder-bauble. Death
smiling, and amused at his efforts, leads him away in a dancing attitude,
playing on a bag-pipe.
Text from the 1947 Sylvan Press edition
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