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puzzled or confused
- I could not see, then, how I might press on with this bantering; in fact, I decided it best to call a halt to the matter and, pretending to remember something I had urgently to attend to, excused myself, leaving my employer looking rather bemused.Prologue (83% in)
- But then noticing the mirthful expression on my face, they broke into a laugh, though in a somewhat bemused fashion.3m — Day 3 - Morning (11% in)
- The doctor nodded, but looked a little bemused.4a — Day 4 - Afternoon (26% in)
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