unearths some literary gems.
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"And it wouldn't 'ave occurred to you, would it"--here Mr. Maycock bent slightly at the knees, as though the weight of his sarcasm was altogether too much for his large frame to support comfortably--"to 'ave a dekko in my room and see if I was 'ere? Ho no. I'm only the Station-master, that's all I am."
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"He was one of those men who somehow contrive to be fussy and careless at one and the same time--an exhausting combination...."
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[Discussing the Binomial Theorem with a Broom dept.]
To woo them politically was like attempting to discuss the binomial theorem with a broom.
