Thief of Time - Cosmopilite

'Not a bad lesson, all the same,' said Lu-Tze. 'Is it not written, “Hard work never did anybody any harm”?'

'Where is this written, Lu-Tze?' said Lobsang, thoroughly exasperated. The sweeper brightened up.

'Ah,' he said. 'Perhaps the pupil is ready to learn. Is it that you don't wish to know the Way of the Sweeper, you wish to learn instead the Way of Mrs Cosmopilite?'

'Who?'

'We have swept well. Let's go to the gardens. For is it not written, “It does you good to get out in the fresh air”?'

'Is it?' said Lobsang, still bewildered.

Lu-Tze pulled a small tattered notebook out of his pocket. 'In here, it is,' he said. 'I should know.’

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The Thief of Time - p105