“Do not be afright,” he continued, after a pause; “do not be afright, my dear young ladies, I am quite harmless—a harmless old man—I would not shed a pigeon's blood.

The couple were getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.

Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]

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