Or should that be ‘elegantly brutal’? Both are good, I think.
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| That’s a relief. I thought she might be cross. |
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| Women always appreciate a compliment. Quick, try another. She might even take one of the weights off. |
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| I don’t know why they have those canes with them, though. I suppose they don’t realise that corporal punishment has long been abolished in British schools. Poor things – they must have been so worried! |
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| Well, this is going well. |
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| Later, when his new secretary moved in with them, the ladies found a way of making doubly sure. So that’s all right. |
