The undancing husband of the dancing wife was boring himself in a corner […]

more leper-trees pitted, rownsepykèd out of nature, cut off in their sap-rising.

Gender expression is a central theme, and all four trans children displayed indicators or signifiers that were in line with gender-nonconforming behavior early on in their lives, so much so that the parents were able to recognize that their child was not behaving in a manner congruent with their biogender.

That multitude[…]withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there.