Francois Boucher Adoration of the Shepherds

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not huge, by wig standards. There have, in the course of decadent
history, been many large wigs, often with built-in gewgaws to stop people
having to look at boring hair all the time. There had been ones big enough
to contain pet mice or clockwork ornaments. Mme. Cupidor, mistress of
Mad King Soup II, had one with a bird cage in it, but on special state
occasions wore one containing a perpetual calendar, a floral clock, and a
take-away linguini, Nanny Ogg was hardly more than a teenager.
“La, sir,” she said, giving him a playful tap that made his ears ring, “you do know how to turn a simple country girl’s head and no mistake!”
Casanunda picked himself up and adjusted his wig happily
“I like a girl with spirit,” he said. “How about you and me having a little tete-a-tete when this is over?”
Nanny Ogg’s face went blank. Her cosmopolitan grip of language had momentarily let her down shop.177Terry PratchettGrape the Happy Raisin. Long-banked fires gave off a little smoke.Besides, she’d rather liked Casanunda. Most men were oblique in their approach, whereas his direct attack was refreshing.“It’d never work,” she said. “We’re basically incompati-ble. When I’m 5’ 4” you’ll still only be 3’ 9”. Anyway, I’m old enough to be your mother.”“You can’t be. My mother’s nearly 300, and she’s got a better beard than you.”And of course that was another point. By dwarf stan-dards