Also heard as: the man next to the rope

The man next to the rope

The man next to the rope is a chained accountant whom the party meets while he stands by a rope.^†† While the party talks, he starts caressing the rope with his fingertips.^† He says the rope makes the hag come, and sometimes she feeds him and sometimes she beats him.^†

Related: the rope

Known facts

• While the party talks, the man next to the rope starts caressing the rope with his fingertips. ⟦narrated⟧^†

Told the party

• the rope: The chained accountant says the rope makes the hag come, and sometimes she feeds him and sometimes she beats him. ⟦claimed⟧ — The man next to the rope^†