Why would you family think about it?"" Oh, my mother's the only one that counts, and she likes you very much from what she's seen of you."" So you had me inspected?"" No-dash ti all, I seem to be saying all the wrong things today. I was absolutely stunned that first day in court, and I rushed off to my mater, who's an absolute dear, and the kind of person who really understands things, and I said, 'Look here! here's the absolutely one and only woman, and she's being put through a simply ghastly awful business and for God's sake come and hold my hand! ' You simply don't know how foul it was. Dorothy L. Sayers
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