“The merchant voiced an inarticulate protest. Glystra glared at him, “Do you think I trust you?”
“Trust?” said the merchant with a puzzled expression. “Trust? What word is that?” And he tested it several times more.”

—  Jack Vance , book Big Planet

Source: Big Planet (1957), Chapter 16 “The Search” (p. 167)

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