On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small…

Douglas Adams
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On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small tray, on which say three bone china cups and saucers, a bone china jug of milk, a silver teapot full of the best tea Arthur had ever tasted and a small printed note saying Wait. ✨ Douglas Adams (2009). The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, p.25, Pan Macmillan
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