Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting.…

Terry Pratchett
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Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting. It combined with the lavishly applied mascara to give the guard the impression that he was looking at two flies that had crashed into a sugar bowl. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6), p.161, Random House
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