Posted by Rohan on May 07, 1999 at 14:38:42:
In Reply to: Re: 15 of 17 posted by Dean McMiilan on May 07, 1999 at 12:28:38:
: Mick Scannell wrote:
: >As for Cugel, I've always found him to have an almost Mafiosan streak to him. To his enemies, he's implacble; to his friends, he's generous : witness the last pilgrim who Cugel returns to protect in 'Overworld', or the old bloke constructing the columns in CS.
: In any event, terms like "a fop and a dandy" (applied elsewhere among these threads--I forget by whom) are grossly misdirected, in my opinion. Cugel no less than Liane the Wayfarer could be ruthless, unrelenting.
: These are dangerous men, whose prettyisms mask their true propensities.
: --Dean
The books describe Cugel as being "foppish" several times, and also mention how, when employed as a "worminger", he constantly preened himself to look good in front of the women on the ship in "Cugel's Saga"
Rohan