That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 10, 2021

“It’s not your eyes that offend me, it’s your breath.”

“That’s good, Maria! Pull the mask off just like that for dramatic effect when you confront the two timing creep!”

Don’t be selfish. The mask isn’t just to protect you from being recognized. It protects everyone else in the room from having to pretend they remember your name.

“I don’t want to hear what my husband, Lothario, did and with whom—not from anybody, and especially not from you, Masked Tattler!”

♪♫ "Listen

Do you want to know a secret

Do you promise not to tell, whoa oh, oh…."♪♫

—Beatles

Giada’s servant approached her to warn / her that Massimo’d painted some porn / in which Giada appeared. / (He’s more vile than she feared.) / That’s the moment that Vengence is Sworn.

“I’ll attend Carnival as I’m tasked, / but I feel no great need to be masked. / For the truth, I confess, / is: when I wear this dress / no one looks at my face, (since you asked).

Despite the urgent pleas of the delivery girl, Chiara refused to pay for the domino. It had not arrived within thirty minutes.

I have to issue a Test under Mask instruction to verify.

Melony wasn’t certain that she wanted to go along with Kathy’s mask kink.

If you want to get a boyfriend, put on the mask and let your melons work their magic. You know your death glare scares off the guys.

“You’re right, Zorro. Coming in drag is a better disguise, but you ought to wear the mask just to preserve the trademark.”

It’s okay to have your bosom spilling out like that, but it’s not socially accepted to go around without a mask.

Even your best friend won’t tell you but it’s your breath. Lower the damn mask.

Girl on the left: “No, Amanda, they won’t let you in with that kind of mask! They’re not stupid!”

“Give us a little kissh schweetheart”

“You know I hate it when you get this drunk this early.”

If you don’t have a mask, just show so much cleavage that the doorman doesn’t notice your face.

despite the advice, she looks like she doesn’t want to wait for the dish to cool…

Maria had doubts about this anonymous tip for the horse race.

Anyone can have bad breath, but you could knock a buzzard off a $hit wagon!

Known for her wit and her charm, / Isobella was oft on the arm / of a duke, doge, or earl / (She was that kind of girl), / and found a mask not a help but a harm. // For a gent intending seduction / Could be put off his function / When his target is hidden / By a facial partition, / It’s an intolerable amorous obstruction!

It seems masks were worn higher during the 1851 flu pandemic.

“PUT YOU MASK BACK ON! We’re gonna pull this heist like we planned, see? There’s no way they’ll trace it back to us. It’s foolproof. Hang on. I gotta go back. I forgot the gats…yeah, see?”

Wearing the mask will hide your pimple!

You can take the mask off when you go into the back room with him.

“Now hurry up. The four guys I’m smuggling in under my bustle are running out of air.”

“This note says you’re a loose women. How about a go?”

Giada was a bit jaded when it came to her lover, Rachele’s insecurities.

The faces and the attire is excellent, but the arm is not quite right; the elbow articulation is slightly off. I suspect the artist did not get to see bare arms, and how they actually bent and attached, very often.

Vengeance is Sworn: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Hayez_-_Vengeance_is_Sworn.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this larger than life size painting. File history has strip coloration image.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/08/masterpiece-2767.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far, 6 works by this artist have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/06/16?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there includes the same artist info URLs as the here links in my blog entry comment).

“It’s just that masks are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.”

No mask could her presence conceal, / nor dim her pectoral appeal/ her décolletage/ beguiled the ménage/ for everyone knew they were real.

You can say whatever you want/ you can call her a miscreant/ but you cannot deny/ (and you ought not to try)/ that she puts on an excellent front.

She’s stepped out to recapture a nipple /(and perhaps for a bit of a tipple)/ when she’s told about trouble/ and makes it a double/ then, on second thought, makes it a triple./// As important as is her mask/ it would seem the most onerous task/ has arrived somewhat later/ for the “mood elevator”/ I refer to is her treasured hip flask./// But a murderous rage is inspired/and a bit more than booze is required/ as she’s swearing a vow/ (right here and right now !)/ to fulfill which a death is desired…

From Sicilia she traveled to Venice. / A great beauty, but also a menace, / Mia took on a job / from the Syracuse mob / to track down and to kill Sister Dennis. /// She’d sworn vengeance to murder the nun / who had tutored the Capo’s lone son. / Dreams of dynasty ceased / for the son’s now a priest / and their bloodline is over and done. /// Now the murderess heads to the Hall / where the Sister’s attending a Ball. / (To entice most male “hits,” / Mia showed off her tits, / but, in this case, her chances seemed small.) /// In a mask, Mia came to the Sister, / quite prepared in a chokehold to twist her. / But the women locked eyes / and to Mia’s surprise / she resigned her job when the nun kissed her.

I’ll have a Retsyn … in the mmoooorrrrnnnin’!

Oh thank God you didn’t wear the same dress I did! I could have just DIED!

… I won at rock, paper, scissors; so it’s my choice! I go as Zorro, and you go as the Lone Ranger. Now go get that horse you rode in on.

Get ready to make our move! I have three Carabinieri under my skirts and a hand gun in my bag… they don’t stand a chance, Giada!! :>)