To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the…

Hector Hugh Munro
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To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening. ✨ Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated), p.294, Delphi Classics
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