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unearths some literary gems.
From Blotto, Twinks and the Suspicious Guests, by Simon Brett:
***She couldn't bear to put a damper on her brother's naive optimism. It would have felt as antisocial as locking the lid of a Jack-in-the-Box.[I guess, as far as my reading life goes, jacks-in-the-box may be the new parrots!]***"Saturday is the night that we from the Other Side traditionally let our hair down. Or in some cases," he said with a spectral chuckle, "let our heads down."***For a moment he looked, if not nonplussed, far from nonminussed.***This was not the moment for quixotic gestures. In terms of derring-do, that was a derring-don't.[Later on, a chapter is entitled "Derring-Done!"]***
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