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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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"method of curtailing them in the event they proved unbearable"

I didn't quite get the second part of this sentence: "Ben swore he would pay no more visits until he could think up a graceful method of curtailing them in the event they proved unbearable."
  

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He needs to figure out a polite way to end the visits when they become unpleasant for him. Until he can think of such a polite way to do so, he simply won't visit at all.

  • He needs to figure out a polite way to end the visits when they become unpleasant for him.
  • Until he can think of such a polite way to do so, he simply won't visit at all.
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He needs to figure out a polite way to end the visits when they become unpleasant for him. Until he can think of such a polite way to do so, he simply won't visit at all.

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