"nor devotional salve on his chin!"

"He took Cugel to a pleasant chamber on the ground floor, furnished with couch, commode, rug and lamp.  On one wall hung a tapestry woven in purple and black; on another was a representation of a peculiarly ugly baby which seemed trapped or compressed in a transparent globe.  The room suited Cugel; he announced as much to the innkeeper and returned to the pergola, where now the merrymakers were commencing to disperse.  The girl Zhiaml Vrax yet remained and she welcomed Cugel with a warmth which undid the last vestige of his caution.  After another goblet of wine; he leaned close to her ear.  'Perhaps I am over-prompt; perhaps I overindulge my vanity; perhaps I contravene the normal decorum of the village -- but is there reason why we should not repair to my chamber, and there amuse ourselves?'

'None whatever,' the girl said.  'I am unwed and until this time may conduct myself as I wish, for this is our custom.'

'Excellent,' said Cugel.  'Do you care to precede me, or walk discreetly to the rear?'

'We shall go together; there is no need for furtiveness!'

Together they went to the chamber and performed a number of erotic exercises, after which Cugel collapsed into a sleep of utter exhaustion, for his day had been taxing.

During the middle hours he awoke to find Zhiaml Vraz departed from the chamber, a fact which in his drowsiness caused him no distress and he once more returned to sleep.

The sound of the door angrily flung ajar aroused him; he sat up on the couch to find the sun not yet arisen, and a deputation led by the elder regarding him with horror and disgust.

The elder pointed a long quivering finger through he gloom.  'I thought to detect heretical opinion; now the fact is known!  Notice: he sleeps with neither head-covering nor devotional salve on his chin.  The girl Zhiaml Vraz reports that at no time in their congress did the villain call out for the approval of Yelisea!'

'Heresy beyond a doubt!' declared the others of the deputation."

-- Jack Vance, The Dying Earth