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“If ye be tempted t' do anythin' silly betwixt now and th' time o' our departure, just say this t' yourself two or three times: ‘If Th' ornery cuss dies, I visit Davey Jones' Locker.’ Say it as if it be out o' th' Bible—because it’s that true.”

WHO? Tai Choon Tau in Dashell Hammett’s story, “Th' House in Turk River.”

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