He tried to listen to the conversations going on at the table and he f…

Neil Gaiman
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He tried to listen to the conversations going on at the table and he found that he could no longer concentrate on what anyone was saying and which was worse that he was not interested in any of what he was able to hear. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2010). Neverwhere, p.198, Hachette UK
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