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Monday 14 November 2005

Chocolate malt or ice-cream? Tuesday's food quotation

I had crossed the road to avoid the milk bar where at this time of day Phuong had her chocolate malt. Two young American girls sat at the next table, neat and clean in the heat, scooping up ice cream.

1956 Graham Greene, The Quiet American part 3 chapter 2

Contributed by Andrew Dalby. Posted at 19:35
Edited on: Monday 14 November 2005 19:36
Categories: Quotations