'The difficulty with this conversation,' said Arthur after a sort of p…

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'The difficulty with this conversation,' said Arthur after a sort of pondering look had crawled slowly across his face like a mountaineer negotiating a tricky outcrop, 'is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.' ✨ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts.
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