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> Isn't this from Alice in Wonderland - the Walrus and the Carpenter?
Not that - you're thinking of "Answer came there none"!
> > I am trying to find where a quotation comes from to satisfy a
> > colleague.
> >
> > She says the quotation is
> > "silence was the stern reply"
> > but another opinion is the quotation is
> > "no answer was the stern reply"
It goes back at least to the early 20th century. I have a distant memory
that it might be Walter de la Mare. And definitely 'no answer', rather than
silence.
Chris
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