Titian The Fall of Man

Titian The Fall of ManTheodore Chasseriau Apollo and DaphneEmile Munier Cupid Disarmed
chain-mail, Shawn,” she said.
“What, miss?” He glanced at the open door again.
“That’s terrible. You must take it off, Shawn. How can
you hear with all that stuff around your ears?”
Shawn was aware ofDiamanda was smiling at him in a funny way.
He ran.
Somehow, the woods had changed. Ridcully was certain that in his youth they’d been full of bluebells and primroses and—and bluebells and whatnot and so on. Not bloody great briars all over the place. They snagged at the empty space behind him. Buthe daren’t look around.“I can hear fine, miss,” he said, trying to ease himself around so that his back was against a wall.“But you can’t hear truly,” said Diamanda, drifting for-ward. “The iron makes you deaf.”Shawn was not yet used to thinly clad young women approaching him with a dreamy look on their faces. He fer-vently wished he could take the Path of the Retreating Back.205Terry PratehettHe glanced sideways.There was a tall skinny shape outlined in the open cell doorway. It was standing very carefully, as if it wanted to keep as far away from its surroundings as possible.