““Not hunting today, sir?” asked Tony in his most innocent voice, busy putting two and two together but not sure how he felt about the resultant sum.”

—  Sheri S. Tepper, book Grass

Source: Grass (1989), Chapter 11 (p. 235)

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American fiction writer 1929–2016

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