"I went to a party and corrected a pronunciation. The man whose voice I had adjusted fell back into the kitchen. I praised a Bonnard. It was not a Bonnard. My new glasses, I explained, and Iâm terribly sorry, but significant variations elude me, vodka exhausts me, I was young once, essential services are being maintained."
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