GR: the translation continues

[Michael Bailey]

 Paul Mackin wrote:
>  Mike Jing wrote:
>
> P31.25-27  Brass throats and breasts warm to her blood, quake in the hollow
> of her hand.
>
> What are the "brass throats and breasts"?  And why is there a "quake in the
> hollow of her hand"?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> She's imagining the dart in her hand is the still-beating breast of the live
> bird from which the feathers came.
>
> The throat is part of the dart as well as of bird.
>

right on, the official names are somewhat different
http://www.prodartboards.com/dartcomponents

but the throat, outstretched, straightened, taut, would be analogous
to the dart tip; and the breast to be the thicker but still metallic
(and subject to warming in her hand) barrel

> That's how it sounded to me.
>

me too