[…] a mirror may have picturesque beauty; but it is only from it's reflections. In an unreflecting state, it is insipid.

To equate auletrides with prostitutes tout court is an overgeneralisation, which in turn impacts on the reading of the imagery.

491.8 Other Slavonic … .9 Lettic .91 Old Prussian .92 Lithuanian .93 Lettish (Livonian)

Then in a cautious drone, she looked away and began to share her heart-spent regrets.