Ch. 6
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Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody. He checked to be sure that he did have his huge leather coat and his absurd red hat on and that he was properly and dramatically silhouetted by the light of the doorway.
He felt momentarily deflated and said, "Er..." by way of self-introduction, but it didn't get the boy's attention. He didn't like this. The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him.
— Douglas Adams
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody. He checked to be sure that he did have his huge leather coat and his absurd red hat on and that he was properly and dramatically silhouetted by the light of the doorway.
He felt momentarily deflated and said, "Er..." by way of self-introduction, but it didn't get the boy's attention. He didn't like this. The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him." in the context of "Ch. 6" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Douglas Adams" (Quotes, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988))
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About Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (Kkc2 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.
About Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (Kkc2 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.
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