Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
C. S. LewisEmeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash.
C. S. LewisThough no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy.
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