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Snickerty Nick

GIANT

What are you doing?

DWARF

Killing time. I learned to do that when I was the amanuensis of the Marquise of Magog.

GIANT

Hang up the sign and lock the gate. Don’t let anyone in. Don’t let the children play in my garden. My own garden is my own garden and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself. Do you hear?

DWARF

Yes, your Stoutness, I hear. Hearing may be better than seeing—sometimes—it depends on what you look at. Personally I prefer seeing, even when——

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