Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Miss Dearheart gave him a very brief look, and shook her head. There was movement under the table, a small fleshy kind of noise and the drunk suddenly bent forward, colour draining from his face. Probably only he and Moist heard Miss Dearheart purr: __hat is sticking in your foot is a Mitzy __retty Lucretia_ four-inch heel, the most dangerous footwear in the world. Considered as pounds per square inch, it__ like being trodden on by a very pointy elephant. Now, I know what you__e thinking: you__e thinking, __ould she press it all the way through to the floor?_ And, you know, I__ not sure about that myself. The sole of your boot might give me a bit of trouble, but nothing else will. But that__ not the worrying part. The worrying part is that I was forced practically at knifepoint to take ballet lessons as a child, which means I can kick like a mule; you are sitting in front of me; and I have another shoe . Good, I can see you have worked that out. I__ going to withdraw the heel now.__here was a small __op_ from under the table. With great care the man stood up, turned and, without a backward glance, lurched unsteadily away.__an I bother you?_ said Moist. Miss Dearheart nodded, and he sat down, with his legs crossed. __e was only a drunk,_ he ventured.__es, men say that sort of thing,_ said Miss Dearheart.
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Miss Dearheart gave him a very brief look, and shook her head. There was movement under the table, a small fleshy kind of noise and the drunk suddenly bent forward, colour draining from his face. Probably only he and Moist heard Miss Dearheart purr: __hat is sticking in your foot is a Mitzy __retty Lucretia_ four-inch heel, the most dangerous footwear in the world. Considered as pounds per square inch, it__ like being trodden on by a very pointy elephant. Now, I know what you__e thinking: you__e thinking, __ould she press it all the way through to the floor?_ And, you know, I__ not sure about that myself. The sole of your boot might give me a bit of trouble, but nothing else will. But that__ not the worrying part. The worrying part is that I was forced practically at knifepoint to take ballet lessons as a child, which means I can kick like a mule; you are sitting in front of me; and I have another shoe . Good, I can see you have worked that out. I__ going to withdraw the heel now.__here was a small __op_ from under the table. With great care the man stood up, turned and, without a backward glance, lurched unsteadily away.__an I bother you?_ said Moist. Miss Dearheart nodded, and he sat down, with his legs crossed. __e was only a drunk,_ he ventured.__es, men say that sort of thing,_ said Miss Dearheart.
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