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unearths some literary gems.
From Glass on the Stairs, by Margaret Scherf:
***"Isn't it funny how many attractive vices end in y?"***"He'll begin by denying that he ever heard of her, but if you encourage him he'll give you a complete synopsis, from Cream of Wheat to gin and tonic."***"He does everything from Hamlet to Red Skelton's mother."***"I solemnly swear." She put her hand on the Manhattan phone book.***[The protagonists have to move their art/decor studio on short notice, so all their friends drop by to "help," i.e., do nothing useful, take up time, and get in the way.]In addition to the advice they came in to give, they seemed to think the crisis called for comfort in the form of stories, mostly pornographic, all lengthy.***"She's involved in the sudden end of Mrs. Rhodes, or I'm a smoked codfish.""I shouldn't be surprised if you were."***The dust measurers went away, with the look of men about to write articles.***
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