Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 · London : Methuen · leaf 338
tall and strong and fresh looking; not exactly beauti-ful but very pleasant. There go good wives and goodmothers, one says. Their Amazonian air is accentuatedby the casque of gold or silver which fits tightly over theirheads and gleams through its lace covering: perhaps themost curious head-dress… … CLARA ALEWIJN DIRCK SANTVOORT Frovi the fictiire in the Ryis Museion THE CHANCELLERIE 237 practised only by the middle-aged and elderly women : theyoung women wear either the casque or a hat, never both.If one climbs the Oldehof and looks down on the city on asunny day—as I did—the glint of a metal…
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