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Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages – just don’t catch him at breakfast.

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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten.
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The liturgy is best treated and read as if it’s someone announcing the departure of trains.
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Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale.
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