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““..however she was a woman and I'd have more luck conjuring up the thoughts of a chinaman than I would figuring out what she was conspiring””

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“Your American, you wouldn't know if you were up yourself.”

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“He were still smiling but his voice were hard as a spoon rattling in a metal cup.”

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