Surprise
The surprise would have been the clock being inside the egg on the chariot, though the exact design is not known.
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Famous quotes containing the word surprise:
“A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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