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I mean -- was n't it like him to pick out something with a fiendish appendage that could be lost , and keep the studio in an uproar when he wanted to play it ? '' Whitaker laughed in spite of himself . The psaltery stick was famous . Moreover , Brian -- Brian , mind you , who talked of truth with hair-splitting piety -- Brian had that very day at noon forced his father to the telling of a lie . `` But he was n't here , '' said Whitaker , mystified . `` He lunched with me . '' `` The fact remains , '' insisted Kenny with dignity .