Andrea Mantegna Madonna with Sleeping Child

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‘Or merchants,’ said the Chair. He smoothed back his white hair.
‘Remember,’ he said, ‘if anyone says anything, we’re not wizards. Just honest merchants out for an enjoyable evening, right?’
‘What kind of disguise would false beards be?’
‘Ah! That’s the clever bit,’ said the Lecturer. ‘No‑one would suspect that anyone wearing a false beard would have a real beard underneath, would they?’
The Chair opened his mouth to refute this, and then hesitated.
‘Well‑‘ he said.
‘But where’d we get false beards at this time of night?’ said a wizard doubtfully.
The Lecturer beamed, and reached into his pocket. ‘We don’t have to,’ he said. ‘That’s does an honest merchant look like?’ said a wizard.‘How should I know?’ said the Chair. ‘So no‑one is to do any magic,’ he went on. ‘I don’t have to tell you what’ll happen if the Archchancellor hears that his staff has been seen at the common entertainments.’‘I’m more worried about our students finding out,’ shuddered the Dean.‘False beards,’ said the Lecturer in Recent Runes, triumphantly. ‘We should wear false beards.’The Chair rolled his eyes.‘We’ve all GOT beards,’ he said. ‘What