# Quote — William Boyd, The Blue Afternoon

> I turned off Sunset Boulevard and drove up Micheltoreno to the site. The day was cloudy and an erratic and nervy wind rattled the leaves of the palmettos that the contractor had planted along the roadside. As I pulled into the curb at number 2265 I saw the old man"

- Author: [William Boyd](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-boyd.md)
- Book: [The Blue Afternoon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-boyd/the-blue-afternoon.md)
- Page: 7
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Boyd_(writer)#The_Blue_Afternoon_(1993)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-boyd/the-blue-afternoon/i-turned-off

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> Philip looked at me. "I was going to ask you to dinner tonight, but now that I've seen your lunch I guess you won't be hungry.'

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