I don't much care about tea-drinking in the afternoon; in the morning the stuff Jock brings to me in bed is… — Kyril Bonfiglioli
I don't much care about tea-drinking in the afternoon; in the morning the stuff Jock brings to me in bed is like that Nepenthe which the wife of Thone gave to Jove-born Helena, but in the p.m. it always makes me think of Ganges mud in which crocodiles have been coupling.
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