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Burglary Quote by Stewart Stafford

“Bait and Switch by Stewart Stafford Cutthroats robbed me with daggers by night, I cried out ere they melted back to shade: “Gentlemen! What have you left me in your flight?” One returned — the grinning mask unafraid. "Because thou remind’st me of my father,” said he, “I leave two cups: one full of…” quote by Stewart Stafford
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““Bait and Switch by Stewart Stafford Cutthroats robbed me with daggers by night, I cried out ere they melted back to shade: “Gentlemen! What have you left me in your flight?” One returned — the grinning mask unafraid. "Because thou remind’st me of my father,” said he, “I leave two cups: one full of wine, one bare.” “Why, sirrah?” I replied. A hawkish glare transfixed me: “To toast thy survival — alone, or to share.” Henceforth, his words became a twisting vine: The full cup emptied, empty cup turned full, And one did prove the other false in kind — A poisoned gift, or some ne’er-milked Trojan bull. They vanished. In my kitchen, overturned, Both cups lay spent, their contents pooled. Alone with nothing, yet a half-smile burned At how half-truths hath the clever mind fooled. © 2026, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.””

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