The Witcher had a knife to his throat. He was wallowing in a wooden tub, brimfull with soapsuds, his head thrown agains the slippery rim. The bitter taste of soap lingered in his mouth as the knife, blunt as a doorknob, scraped his Adam's apple painfully and moved towards his chin with a grating sound. Andrzej Sapkowski
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The Witcher had a knife to his throat . The Witcher’s name was Geralt of Rivia, he was a professional monster slayer, or monster hunter. Geralt is one of the main characters in the Witcher Saga. He is known for travelling all over the Northern Kingdoms slaying monsters and finding their weaknesses so he can kill them anywhere, any time. Geralt was wallowing in a wooden tub, brimfull with soapsuds.

The soap would have been used by barbers to wash the hair after shaving it off. It was an unpleasant job that often resulted in painful wounds. Usually, hot water was used to soften the skin before rinsing it clean.

However, Gert had frozen water instead of hot water and it scraped his Adam’s apple painfully and moved towards his chin with a grating sound. The words “soap” and “Adam’s apple” are obviously connected in some way since it is difficult to imagine that they are not connected at all. Therefore, the words are connected together in some manner.

Source: The Last Wish

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