"Look here," Gerald said, "what do you think of Giants?" There was the kind of pause that happens when people do not like to say what they really think. (Diana Wynne Jones)

"Look here," Gerald said, "what do you think of Giants?" There was the kind of pause that happens when people do not like to say what they really think.

Diana Wynne Jones

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