GR translation: bright-Swiss or crystalline season

[James Kyllo]

Paul: > Both swiss and crystalline are terms describing fabric.

multiple references then, but all this passage is about snow (or so it
seems to me).


J



On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 9/6/2011 12:10 AM, Mike Jing wrote:
>>
>> P134.12-13  None of your bright-Swiss or crystalline season here, but
>> darkly billowed in the day...
>>
>> What is "bright-Swiss or crystalline season"?  Is it about weather or
>> about fashion?
>>
>>
>
> or possible cuckoo clocks, watches, cheese.
>
> But seriously, I imagine it refers to luxurious, more fashionable fabrics,
> sheer materials, silk chiffon and the like, as compared to run of the mill
> middle class wedding gown materials.
>
> Both swiss and crystalline are terms describing fabric.
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