[ Ouaip, really, of course. Much more sophisticated. He gives the tip of Byerly's nose a parting wiggle, slapped or not, before he lets go.
But karma is swift: when he makes an attempt at the same trick, he winds up sort of snorting and sort of coughing and definitely not closing any loops. ]
—I have always found smoking best enjoyed simply. [ Primly, in his Nobleman Voice. ] Gimmicks and tricks only distract, and this tobacco is [ average at best ] too fine to waste on nonsense.
On the contrary, [ interrupted by a better but imperfect smoke ring, ] this tobacco was watered with wine and raised in weather so perfect it will be another age before we have its equal.
[ Another tic mark for the tally of moments in this experiment that have required self-control—in this case, not to take transient pleasures and run. ]
They are the only point, my good Bah. It is everything else that lacks one.
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Ha, you bastard -
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[ Ouaip, really, of course. Much more sophisticated. He gives the tip of Byerly's nose a parting wiggle, slapped or not, before he lets go.
But karma is swift: when he makes an attempt at the same trick, he winds up sort of snorting and sort of coughing and definitely not closing any loops. ]
—I have always found smoking best enjoyed simply. [ Primly, in his Nobleman Voice. ] Gimmicks and tricks only distract, and this tobacco is [ average at best ] too fine to waste on nonsense.
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Don't be absurd, Berz. There's always more where that came from.
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[ And now the affected tones of a haughty university student. ]
But pleasures, they are so transient. So what is the point of them?
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They are the only point, my good Bah. It is everything else that lacks one.