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Put it this way, George, ” he suggested, when he had savoured the night air for a moment. “You traveling on business, or for pleasure in this thing? Which is it? Smiley’s reply was also slow in coming, and as indirect: “I was never conscious of pleasure, ” he said. “Or perhaps I mean: of the distinction.Unknown
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Walking a short way back along the embankment, almost to where the cross stood, Smiley took another look at the bridge, as if to establish whether anything had changed, but clearly it had not, and though the wind appeared a little stronger, the snow was still swirling in all directions.Unknown