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That__ the thing,_ she said. __ou add on getting rid of starvation and poverty like it__ a fringe benefit. Like the slice of lemon you get with a plate of whitebait._ He laughed. __hat__ why I succeed,_ he said, __here the men with beautiful souls always fail. If you walk through the market asking the stallholders to give you a slice of lemon for free, they__ laugh in your face. Pay for the whitebait and you get a good meal of whitebait for your money, plus the free lemon.
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That__ the thing,_ she said. __ou add on getting rid of starvation and poverty like it__ a fringe benefit. Like the slice of lemon you get with a plate of whitebait._ He laughed. __hat__ why I succeed,_ he said, __here the men with beautiful souls always fail. If you walk through the market asking the stallholders to give you a slice of lemon for free, they__ laugh in your face. Pay for the whitebait and you get a good meal of whitebait for your money, plus the free lemon.
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