Taking her tithe

• taking her time → there may also be an allusion to musical time (eg common time, 3/4 time, etc) → this paragraph contains a foliation of musical terms

• tithe: a tenth part, especially the tenth of the produce of land and stock paid as a tax to the Church; in England and Wales, a tenth, or tenth part of the annual profit of a church living, paid after 1703 to Queen Anne's Bounty → quainance bandy

• tithe: a boon, a grant

• Titte: (German) tit, boob; a vulgar expression for the female breast