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“What, sir! Do you mean to assert that you don’t like tripe?”
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The speaker reacts with surprise and disbelief that someone could dislike tripe. The question is also a challenge: it presses the other person to confirm this unexpected preference rather than simply accepting the statement. “What, sir!” makes the response sound especially astonished and emphatic.
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