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Crofter's Wife: Do London ladies look beautiful?
Richard Hannay: They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them.
Crofter's Wife: [to Hannay as her husband walks in] You ought not say that.
Crofter: What ought he not to say?
Richard Hannay: I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country.
Crofter: God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?
Crofter's Wife: Aye.
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Crofter: Aye. I might have known. Making love behind my back.
John Turnbull
Extended Reading
