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I do.

You don’t.

[Making a bow]

I beg to differ with you, Baron Bill-Arron Bomberrum. I have been the amanuensis of the Marquise of Magog for ninety-nine years.

What’s an amanuensis?

An amanuensis is a man who follows you around and writes down everything you say.

What’s that to do with ett?