GR translation: Crowned window frames

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Mon Jul 15 01:18:05 CDT 2013


V384.41-385.14 (P391.8-22)   They were sporting the Caligari gloves which
now enjoy a summer vogue in the Zone: bone white, except for the four lines
in deep violet fanning up each gloveback from wrist to knuckles. All wore
suits nearly as light-colored as the teeth. It seemed extravagant to
Squalidozzi, after Buenos Aires and Zürich. The women crossed their legs
often: they were tense as vipers. In the air was a grassy smell, a smell of
leaves burning, that was strange to the Argentine who, terminally homesick,
had only the smell of freshly brewed maté after a bitter day at the
racetrack to connect it with. Crowned window frames gave out on the brick
factory courtyard where summer air moved softly. The filmlight flickered
blue across empty windows as if it were breath trying to produce a note.
The images grew blunt with vengeance. “Yay!” screamed all the zootsters,
white gloves bouncing up and down. Their mouths and eyes were as wide as
children’s.

Are these "crowned window frames" same as those in leadlights?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadlight
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