unearths some literary gems.
From The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom, by Erle Stanley Gardner:
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[Perry Mason Goes Surrealist]
"Now, if you can tell me why a woman should go tearing madly down the highway to fill up her tank with gasoline at Oceanside, then drive off the road and commit suicide, I'll give you a furlined fountain pen."
[He subsequently indicates that "the second prize consist[s] of a twenty-one jewel watch which runs backwards.]
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[From Knock, Murderer, Knock! by Harriet Rutland:]
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He secretly felt that knick-knacks and what-nots made a more fitting background for Hydro chit-chat.
