The caressing, melodious tones of humility and flattery never sang in the ears of the clerk Senhor José… — José Saramago

The caressing, melodious tones of humility and flattery never sang in the ears of the clerk Senhor José, these have never had a place in the chromatic scale of feelings normally shown to him.

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