3. "The Clever Cockatoo"
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And as for that low, velvety voice of hers, if she asked me to murder my best friend I should have to do it on the spot.

— Edmund Clerihew Bentley

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And as for that low, velvety voice of hers, if she asked me to murder my best friend I should have to do it on the spot." in the context of "3. "The Clever Cockatoo"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley

About Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Edmund Clerihew Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956) was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early 20th century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.