> To my Lord’s by land, calling at several places about business, where I dined with my Lord and Lady; when he was very merry, and did talk very high how he would have a French cook, and a master of his horse, and his lady and child to wear black patches;
And [1]
> But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she.
I wonder why we don’t see more of this these days. Closest I can think of if Nelly with the band-aid.
For example from 1660 [0]:
> To my Lord’s by land, calling at several places about business, where I dined with my Lord and Lady; when he was very merry, and did talk very high how he would have a French cook, and a master of his horse, and his lady and child to wear black patches;
And [1]
> But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she.
I wonder why we don’t see more of this these days. Closest I can think of if Nelly with the band-aid.
[0] https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/10/20/
[1] https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/11/22/