theme of "A Piece of String" was that "a sensational lie is nore compelling than a simple truth," which passage would give the best support? A. The peasant...swallowed at a draught his tiny glass of brandy, rose and ..set out... B. "Shut up, papa, there is one that finds and...one that reports. At any rate you are nixed with it." c. "Me? Me? Me pick up the pocketbook?"

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Question
theme of "A Piece of String"
was that "a sensational lie is
nore compelling than a simple
truth," which passage would
give the best support?
A. The peasant...swallowed at a draught his
tiny glass of brandy, rose and ..set out...
B. "Shut up, papa, there is one that finds
and...one that reports. At any rate you are
nixed with it."
c. "Me? Me? Me pick up the pocketbook?"
Answer

B. "Shut up, papa, there is one that finds and...one that reports. At any rate you are nixed with it."

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The passage in B best supports the theme of "A Piece of String" that a sensational lie is more compelling than a simple truth. In this...
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