The Only Use of
tether
in
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- 4nd Mr. Land was realy nice about it but there were boxes and bits of broken bowl on the floor and everyone was staring and I saw that you had wet yourself and I was so cross and I wanted to take you out of the shop but you wouldn't let me touch you and you just lay on the floor and screamed and banged your hands and feet on the floor and the maniger came and asked what the problem was and I was at the end of my tether and I had to pay for two broken mixers and we just had to wait until you stoped screaming.†
Chpt 157
Definition:
to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying