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1
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“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business”

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2
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‘you’ll hear some people say war is Inevitable … fiddlesticks!’

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3
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‘The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely
unsinkable.’

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4
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“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”

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5
Q

“A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself – and his
family too, of course”

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6
Q

“(rather impatiently) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you
should come here.”

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7
Q

“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were
all mixed up like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.”

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8
Q

“I was an alderman for years – and Lord Mayor two years ago – and
I’m still on the Bench – so I know the Brumley police offers pretty well”

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9
Q

“there’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”

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10
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“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”

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11
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“Now look at the pair of them- the famous younger generation who
know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”

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