A good wife is a stone to hold one down," said the Wolfhound. "A rock to rely on," Rostnikov corrected gently. "Da," the Wolfhound said seriously, returning to Russian. "A rock to rely on. The American idiom contradicts itself and is often difficult to fathom.
( Stuart M. Kaminsky )
[ The Man Who Walked Like a Bear ]
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