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“I’ve never even liked swearing,” she confessed to Delia, “so when people swear I feel out of it.”

“Don’t worry,” said Delia. “Two months of this place and you’ll be saying ‘shit’ with the best of them.” (She actually meant “fuck” but didn’t think Mrs Donaldson was quite ready for this yet.)

From Alan Bennett’s “The Greening of Mrs Donaldson,” in Smut

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