“What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.”

Source: Two Little Wooden Shoes (1874), Chapter I

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British novelist 1839–1908

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“What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.”

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