• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    “It’s good. You’ve got the swing and everything.”

    Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍɪss Fʟɪᴛᴡᴏʀᴛʜ.

    “But why one blade of grass at a time?”

    Bill Door regarded the neat row of stalks for some while.

    Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀʏ?

    “You can do lots in one go, you know.”

    Nᴏ. Nᴏ. Oɴᴇ ʙʟᴀᴅᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Oɴᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ʙʟᴀᴅᴇ.

    “You won’t cut many that way,” said Miss Flitworth.

    Eᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ, Mɪss Fʟɪᴛᴡᴏʀᴛʜ.

    “Yes?”

    Tʀᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪs.

      • codapine@lemm.ee
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        The ‘small caps’ really gave it away to me but I wasn’t familiar with which book - thank you! The Death books were always very humanizing in an interesting way, His scenes were always my favourite.