I like you when you're algebraic," said Ulf-and immediately regretted it. It was a flirtatious remark-describing somebody as algebraic was undoubtedly to cross a line. You would not normally describe an ordinary friend as algebraic, and then say that you liked her that way. He saw the effect on Anna, and his regret deepened. "Algebraic?" she said, half coyly. "Well, I'm very happy to enter into any equation.
( Alexander McCall Smith )
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