The $30,000 Bequest, page 269 by Mark Twain
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Yes, I like that way, too; but I think it's better to baste it on with Valenciennes or bombazine, or something of that sort. It gives it such an air--and attracts so much noise.
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It's forty-ninth Deuteronomy, sixty-forth to ninety-seventh inclusive. I think we ought all to read it often.
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Perhaps so; I generally use a hair pin.
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What did you say? (ASIDE.) Children, do be quiet!
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OH! B FLAT! Dear me, I thought you said it was the cat!
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Since WHEN?
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Why, I never heard of it.
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You astound me! It seems utterly impossible!