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Mark Twain Quotes: The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
         

The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.


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