I don't much care about tea-drinking in the afternoon; in t… - Kyril Bonfiglioli

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I don't much care about tea-drinking in the afternoon; in the morning the stuff Jock brings to me in bed is like that Nepenthe which the wife of Thone gave to Jove-born Helena, but in the p.m. it always makes me think of Ganges mud in which crocodiles have been coupling.

Kyril Bonfiglioli

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Cyril Emmanuel George Bonfiglioli (29 May 1928 – 3 March 1985) was an English art-dealer, science fiction editor, champion swordsman, and comic novelist. His name, which reflects his English, Italian and Slovene descent, was revised to Kyril Bonfiglioli. He claimed to be loved and respected by all who knew him slightly.

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