"You're feeling a bit better now?"
"A bit. You're very kind, aren't you?" said Barbara rather as if she saw Dikon for the first time. "I mean, to take trouble over our frightfulness."
"You must stop being apologetic," Dikon said. "So far I've taken no trouble at all."
"You listen nicely," Barara said.
"I'm almost ghoulishly discreet, if that's any recommendation."
(from Colour Scheme, by Dame Ngaio Marsh)
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