<P> That same night , Absolon comes and begs Alisoun to kiss him . At first she refuses him , but she finally agrees . Instead of presenting her lips to Absolon 's , though , she sticks her backside out the bedroom 's `` shot - window '' ( privy vent ) , and Absolon kisses her `` ers '' in the dark . Angry at being fooled , Absolon gets a red - hot coulter from the smith with which he intends to burn Alisoun . When he returns , though , Nicholas sticks his backside out to get in on the joke and farts in Absolon 's face . Absolon thrusts the coulter `` amidst the ers '' of Nicholas who cries out for `` Water ! '' to assuage the pain . </P>
<P> That same night , Absolon comes and begs Alisoun to kiss him . At first she refuses him , but she finally agrees . Instead of presenting her lips to Absolon 's , though , she sticks her backside out the bedroom 's `` shot - window '' ( privy vent ) , and Absolon kisses her `` ers '' in the dark . Angry at being fooled , Absolon gets a red - hot coulter from the smith with which he intends to burn Alisoun . When he returns , though , Nicholas sticks his backside out to get in on the joke and farts in Absolon 's face . Absolon thrusts the coulter `` amidst the ers '' of Nicholas who cries out for `` Water ! '' to assuage the pain . </P>
who is branded by a red-hot poker in the miller 's tale
who is branded by a red-hot poker in the miller 's tale
Nicholas
Nicholas