unearths some literary gems.
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Detective Inspector Sloan had no time for euphemisms so early in the morning.
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Like a sticky snail the Superintendent strewed a trail of imperfectly assimilated concepts behind him: not only did they show where he had been but they were a nuisance to the unwary.
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"They've just designed a new instrument for checking the performance of a solar energy source to provide impressed current for cathodic protection of underground pipe lines."
"Nice work," said Leeyes cordially, "if you can get it."
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