It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if …

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It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2010). A Hat Full of Sky: (Discworld Novel 32), p.16, Random House
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It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2010). A Hat Full of Sky: (Discworld Novel 32), p.16, Random House

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