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“Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c3e6ad9d38d75c358e7e2d33d8401e318414f52b0b89505d1b7acafd2779bf78
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