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HIS REPUTATION
Waitress: "He ain't no good, Lil—he's one of these fellers wot chooses the price first an' then runs his fingers along the bill o' fare to see wot he gets for it."
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NOT UP-TO-DATE
Penelope: "What made George and Alice break their engagement?"
Clarissa: "He complained that she was too 'Effeminate' for the present day."
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"Some wise person once said that silence was golden, did he not?"