On the QE2, I devoured caviar every chance I had, while Janet loved the chocolate soufflés. We both reveled… — Isaac Asimov
On the QE2, I devoured caviar every chance I had, while Janet loved the chocolate soufflés. We both reveled in beef Wellington, and a lucky thing too, for, as we found out, as one grows older the doctors take you off any kind of food that tastes good, and it’s just as well we ate it while we could.
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