““What kind of idiot do you think I am?”
”I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,” Miss Jesczenka said. “That’s why I’m asking.””

—  M. K. Hobson

Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)

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