unearths some literary gems.
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Edward watched, fascinated, as the eyebrows, which had bounced upward...came diving down again.
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The old Co-op grocery shop had been rebuilt, and above it there now rose a tall, ungainly addition like a monstrous wooden box delivered to the wrong address.
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[The title of the book plays on the fact that the events are set within the Department of Chemistry at University of Cambridge. Thus we have the following wordplay around different branches of chemistry.]
"Was she in love with him?"
"I think their chemistry was physical."
"Organic, surely?" Edward said, grinning at her.
"Depending on which organs. Leave out the heart. Anyhow, it wasn't theoretical, or she wouldn't have been pregnant."
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She had almost two feet of file cards already. How much was enough? A yard? An ell? A rod? A furlong of file cards. How long was a furlong? The word came from furrow, she knew that. How long was a furrow? She reached for the dictionary, abandoning her file cards.
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