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TOAD OF TOAD HALL
TOAD
It takes a good deal to put me out, Ratty. Just a passing faintness which might happen to anyone who had been through what I've been through.
RAT
You've been through a lot, I expect.
TOAD
My dear Ratty, the times I've been through since I saw you last, you simply can't think!
RAT
Yes. Well, when you've got those horrible things off, and cleaned yourself up a bit—
TOAD
The times! Such trials, such sufferings, and all so nobly borne!
RAT
You'll find some dry clothes upstairs.
TOAD
Such escapes, such disguises, such subterfuges, and all so cleverly planned and carried out!
RAT
Quite so. Well—
TOAD
Been in prison, got out of it, of course. Stole a horse, rode
