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unearths some literary gems.
From The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine, by PJ Fitzsimmons:
***If Ivor was indeed anxious to see me he hid it behind a brave face. In fact, he hid it behind the closed door of the conservatory.***Ivor hid his amusement behind a countenance of studied boredom.***The town is perhaps ten miles square in high heels.***"Rather an involved autograph....It's a wonder he had time for anything else."***Next was Chancy, innocently taking in the scenery and appearing to be very much at risk of getting lost in a straight hallway.***Ivor...withdrew his pipe from his pocket like a key piece of evidence, followed by his tobacco pouch which he wielded as though it conclusively proved the point made by the pipe.***Crocker nodded in a manner that caused his moustache to billow, like an unfurling sail in a rippling wind, and I made a mental note to encourage him to nod again, often and vigorously.***Ivor's left eyebrow expressed surprise, while his right registered doubt. After a brief negotiation, they settled on a joint policy of courteous skepticism.***"What clever gambit?" asked Vicks with a mirthless laugh contrived to suggest that Burly Brickstock wouldn't have known a clever gambit if he was sat next to one on a Ferris wheel.***[Bonus: an offstage character called Spigot Spoutswater-Smythe][Bonus: a character known as Quip (cf. Jeremy Quip in the JC-E play "Surely, You Jest!")[Bonus: a stage show called Hold Everything--which, I see, was real, and technically had an exclamation point at the end of the title]
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