'...Those who believed in the uncomfortable Pythagorean theory of the transmigration of souls were much impressed with the idea that the spirit of the Reverend Piggott had but recently evacuated the body of a well-fattened south-down. Even those who were sceptical as to this notion could not fail to remark that in the sound of Mr. P.'s speech there was an undeniable kinship to a baa....'
from Not Wisely, But Too Well by Rhoda Broughton (Chapter III)
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