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unearths some literary gems.
From My Laughing Philosopher, by Eden Phillpotts:
[I didn't stay the course with this book from 1896, though it began promisingly with a bronze bust that, Darrin-and-Larry-style, surprises the protagonist when it suddenly begins speaking. Because the bust's first utterance (not counting a sneeze) is a criticism of the protag, the latter's first reaction is to peevishly snap at the bust--so that his realizing the colossal uncanniness of the fact that the bust has spoken at all comes as a delayed double-take. Then the bust goes on at length about his own venerable history, to which the protag replies, "Don't make so much noise...or you'll wake my wife." (:v>]
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