寝てるだけだと頭がどうしようもないので、少し調べ物。
先日、E.R.バローズの火星人の話をネタにしましたがその中で「ファイドールが禿かどうか」ということを記述しました。あまりに気になったので調べてみました。「火星の女神イサス(The Gods of Mars)」原文でのジョン・カーターとスビア(合本版では「サビア」になってますが)の会話は以下通り。
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"They are all thus from birth," explained Thuvia noting my surprise. "The race from which they sprang were crowned with a luxuriant growth of golden hair, but for many ages the present race has been entirely bald. The wig, however, has come to be a part of their apparel, and so important a part do they consider it that it is cause for the deepest disgrace were a thern to appear in public without it."