Caravaggio The Crowning with Thorns

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Craggy, maybe. But not cliffy.’
‘The fact is,’ said one of the dwarfs, ‘we don’t see why humans get all the good roles and we get all the titchy bit parts.’
Soll gave the jolly little laugh of someone in a corner who hopes that a joke will lighten the atmosphere a bit.
‘Ah,’ he said, ‘that’s because you‑‘
‘Yes?’ said dwarf, in the expansive manner of one about to settle down to a good long explanation. ‘You abandon it, propping and shoring where necessary, and sink another shaft on a line with the major seam‑‘
‘Allowing for fault escarpments and uniclinal structures,’ said another dwarf.the dwarfs in unison.‘Um,’ said Soll, and struck out quickly for a change of subject. ‘You see, the whole point, as I understand it, is that Ginger will do absolutely anything to keep the mansion and the mine and=‘‘I hopes we can get on,’ said Gaffer, ‘only I’ve got to muck the imps out in an hour.’‘Oh, I see,’ said Rock. ‘I’m absolutely anything, am I?’‘You don’t keep mines,’ said one of the dwarfs. ‘Mines keep you. You take the treasure out. You don’t put it in. That’s fundamental to the whole mine business.’‘Well, perhaps this mine is worked out,’ said Soll quickly. ‘Anyway, she‑‘‘Well, in that case, you don’t keep it,’ said another