Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty yea…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made him talk or whether he loved conversation because it made him thirsty. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.264, Diversion Books
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Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made him talk or whether he loved conversation because it made him thirsty. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.264, Diversion Books

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