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1 " Christmas dinner was something of a success; it passed off, at any rate, without bloodshed. "
― Kingsley Amis , Ending Up
2 " As far back as she could remember, she had gone in for day-dreams about what clothes, jewellery and the like she would wear if, like her admired and adored Marie Antoinette, she were somehow to find herself facing public execution. A country GP's visit was hardly on that scale, but the principle held. "