Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.

Cognitive biases can be adaptive when they speed decision-making.

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