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- "Baron, I can find no greater substance than this new 'toilet paper' the scientists are celebrating."
- "I am afraid I am still of the old methods, Marquis."
- "I respect your staunch conservatism, Baron. Upstanding men like you are invaluable reservoirs of our oldest, most venerated customs. Perhaps you are correct in your refusal."
- "Yes, a fresh handful of oysters and then a quick spritz of lye from a perfume bottle shaped like a duck, this has always admirably served my purposes."
- " Baron I --- I am of the impression that the method you describe has never been used by anyone."
- "It's my method, and it's old."
- "Your nimble way with an argument has impressed me once more. Would you like a ducat?"
- "I already have one."
- "Yet, if I give you another, you will have two."
- "What a marvelous law of nature! Praise France!"