《Discworld 30 - Thud! 》作者：- Pratchett_ Terry【EPUB】

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Polly cut off her hair in front of the mirror feeling slightly guilty about not feeling very guilty about doingso. It was supposed to be her crowning glory and everyone said it was beautiful but she generally woreit in a net when she was working. She’d always told herself it was wasted on her. But she was careful tosee that the long golden coils all landed on the small sheet spread out for the purpose. If she wouldadmit to any strong emotion at all at this time it was sheer annoyance that a haircut was allshe needed to pass for a young man. She didn’t even need to bind up her bosom which she’d heard wasthe normal practice. Nature had seen to it that she had barely any problems in this area.The effect that the scissors had was . . . erratic but it was no worse than other male haircuts here. It’ddo. She did feel cold on the back of her neck but that was only partly because of the loss of her longhair. It was also because of the Stare.The Duchess watched her from above the bed. It was a poor woodcut hand-coloured mostly in blue and red. It was of a plain middle-aged womanwhose sagging chin and slightly bulging eyes gave the cynical the feeling that someone had put a large fishin a dress but the artist had managed to capture something extra in that strange blank expression. Somepictures had eyes that followed you around the room this one looked right through you. It was a faceyou found in every home. In Borogravia you grew up with the Duchess watching you. Polly knew her parents had one of the pictures in their room and knew also that when her mother wasalive she used to curtsy to it every night. She reached up and turned this picture round so that it faced thewall. A thought in her head saidNo . It was overruled. She’d made up her mind. Page 1 Then she dressed herself in her brother’s