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Ways of escape
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Author: Graham Greene (1904-1991)
Year: 1980
(An air-raid warden during the London blitz, speaking about a foreign resident of Windmill Street): "...Didn't speak hardly a word of English. There was a D.A. (delayed action bomb) outside, an' I had to clear the house. So I went up. He was in bed. 'Out,' I says to him. 'E didn't take any action, didn't understand. 'Bomb,' I said, 'bomb.' 'Blimey,' 'e said, an' jumped out.
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