unearths some literary gems.
"Hartling, that's where you want--honest. The Jolly Sappho--that's the name of the place"....
"I don't want Hartling," said the Hon. Con slowly and deliberately, "and I don't want any Sappho--jolly or otherwise."
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["Eat him for breakfast" One-upping dept.]
The Hon. Con could have eaten two of him for breakfast without even noticing.
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"But it's like letting you walk alone into a den of thieves."
"Den of fiddlesticks!"
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[Bonus: "a face that would have brought a blush to a piece of litmus paper"]