unearths some literary gems.
From The "Looking-Glass" Murders, by Douglas G. Browne:
[That's "Looking-Glass" as in "Through the": the setting involves an amateur theatrical production of Lewis Carroll.]
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"As a conscientious artist, I couldn't give the Jabberwock pockets."
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It was, in short, Messrs. So-and-so's idea of what a study should be.
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"What an extraordinary creature she must be!"
"She is!" said the Major with conviction. "I have seen her with the lid off, so to speak."
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[He] drew up before the offices of Messrs. Trimble, Bachelor, Popple & Shelfe, Solicitors and Commissioners for Oaths. Enough jokes have been made about the nomenclature of law firms. It will suffice that no one on the premises appeared to answer to any of the names engraved on the plate outside. [Fair enough! (:v>]
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