Talk and tea is his specialty, said Giles. He has about five cups of t…

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Talk and tea is his specialty, said Giles. He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking. ✨ Agatha Christie (1976). Sleeping Murder, The Murder at the Vicarage
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