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Aw, 'twas shee-vo! 'mong the Church Members, an' no mistake; an' how 'twud ha' come round, there's no telling, ef et hadn' a-been for what Lawyer Mennear called a vouchsafement o' marcy.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir