"I bore you, Mr. Carson?”
"Not at all,” I told him. And it was the truth. He was not boring me. He fascinated me. It seemed impossible that he could, in conscience, believe this flowery rubbish. (Clifford D. Simak)

"I bore you, Mr. Carson?” "Not at all,” I told him. And it was the truth. He was not boring me. He fascinated me. It seemed impossible that he could, in conscience, believe this flowery rubbish.

Clifford D. Simak

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