unearths some literary gems.
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Well, these things were sent to test us, as Cousin Mabel was wont to say. The rest of the family were more inclined to assume Cousin Mabel had been sent to test them.
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Emma chatted on about their...program for the day while Sarah went on with her breakfast. The costumes were being verbally pressed when the doorbell rang.
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"Come on, chin up. Stiff upper lip."
"Stiff upper horsefeathers!"
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Dolph Kelling loomed behind, looking like the chairman of a society for the prevention of something or other.
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[Bonus: Someone is said to be "making a horse's necktie of himself." A quick Google Books search suggests that this may be a Charlotte MacLeod original.]
