XVIII/4 Since we have here another immersion, this time in excrement, I have taken another bather from the original group (cf. Canto XII/1) to represent the whore Thais. Her head derives from one of the miniature masks of Canto 111/1, though here much more 'degraded' even than usual. Vague suggestions of frilly lace linger about the image, and these in the original were applied onto the plate's surface together with the smear of lipstick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.