A young man sat down beside him on the divan and, without any kind of preliminary, said, ‘Is it a queer book?’ ‘No,’ said Laurie. ‘Oh,’ said the youn… - Mary Renault

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A young man sat down beside him on the divan and, without any kind of preliminary, said, ‘Is it a queer book?’
‘No,’ said Laurie.
‘Oh,’ said the young man, on a note of utter deflation. He got up and went away.