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unearths some literary gems.
From The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse, by PJ Fitzsimmons:
***Hallowit's doughy countenance took on a pained expression, like an otherwise innocent brioche with a guilty secret.***[re. someone taking credit for someone else's achievements]"Bit of a liberty.""Big as the statue thereof."***"I'm perceived by the gallery as comic relief, a sort of slender and sober Falstaff."***"What secret little picnics?" asked Ivor. "No one mentioned anything about secret picnics?""That's because they were secret."***"Oldest trick in the book, Inspector." I was guessing a bit, at this point--there may well be older tricks. I haven't even read the book.***
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