unearths some literary gems.
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Part but not parcel of the proceedings.
[I never thought they'd break up the act!]
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A sudden bob of activity on the part of Miss Nellie Roberts's straw hat saved him from having to take official notice of the question.
[N.B. This passage has no direct relationship, in the book, to the one that follows. And yet...]
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"Oh, that's one of the things you shouldn't do, isn't it?"
"What is?"
"Endow an inanimate object with human characteristics."
[Now they tell me!]