High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. ✨ Do…

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High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. ✨ Douglas Adams (1991). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, p.4, Simon and Schuster
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