Tsar'-devitsa again

[William Ryan]

  Could you give a bit more context? chest' is also a verb "to read; 
consider", and ne chest' could be for nechest', "shame".
Will

On 25/09/2010 21:12, Robert Chandler wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Ivan Tsarevich is overwhelmed by the beautyof the sleeping Marya-Krasa,
> Dolga Kosa.  And so
>
> “Что мне не честь!” разгорелось у молодца ретивое сердце.
>
> Is he saying ‘What does my honour matter to me?’  I cannot make sense of his
> words grammatically. Also, I would have thought it was more a matter of HER
> rather than HIS honour being sullied!
>
> All the best,
>
> Robert
>
>
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