"The sun, heavy-eyed from lack of sleep, owing to the system of a staggered summer time, stumbled into the heavens, and with a heavy sigh set about its duties."
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S. J. Simon
1904 – 1948
S. J. Simon (Seca Jascha Skidelsky; 1904–1948) was a British bridge player and comic writer, noted for his collaboration with Caryl Brahms.
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