Welby, I’m shocked! I thought you’re the kind of guy who would never hang out at places like that!
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Maybe you (subconsciously) left your umbrella there so you’d have an excuse to slip back and ask for it from that night clerk who caught your eye . . .
(Cough, cough.)
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Or, we could avoid all of that completely and just stay on the sofa . . .
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That's a good place to start from. : )
(That's a good place to start. from)
Or
(That's a good place from which to start.)