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It is quite eccentric, even for you,
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to have a crippled valet.
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Please, don't use that word.
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Did he tell you he couldn't walk when he made his application?
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Don't exaggerate.
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Doesn't it strike you as dishonest not to mention it?
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- I knew he'd been wounded. - You never said.
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You know I don't care to talk about all that.
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Of course I understand what it must
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be like to have fought alongside someone in a war.
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- Oh, you understand that, do you? - Certainly I do.
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You must form the most tremendous bonds.