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Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not, ' he said. 'Not for ages.'' My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day! ' ..'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.'' Be nice, Charles! It was a speech about fruit importation, which I admit devolved into something of a tirade.' She couldn't help but laugh. 'Still, you could talk about something more important.'' Than jam? Impossible. We mustn't set the bar too high, Jane. .Charles Finch
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Suddenly Dallington burst into speech. 'Listen, Lenox - I want to apologize...' Lenox waved a dismissive hand. 'You're young, ' he said. 'There are many lessons before you, some harder than this one... All too often things are blurry, though, John. It's the way of the world. Humans are blurry creatures,Charles Finch