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"To quote the one and only George Robey, 'that's that." Croot smiled knowingly as he saw the last of the discomfited Lock, and helped himself to another cigarette. "Still, it was rather a near shave, and I hope such a thing will not occur again."
"Sounds like a schoolmaster talking to an unruly boy," Gilmour laughed unpleasantly. "Anyone would think you were blaming me for what happened.