““What sort of a remark?”
“Just priestly mumbo-jumbo. Impressive and no real meaning. Can you do it?”
“I think so—I used to sell magazine subscriptions.””

Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 10 (p. 127)

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