For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone, Rushbrook, to his shame, was proficient.

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Rushbrook did not excel at anything and was an oddity in the community. He was more of a nuisance than anything, and his antics did not go unnoticed by others. Yet, he did manage to get away with a few lies with little or no harm done.

Source: A Simple Story

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