The lives of the Outer Dwellers had become almost normal again. Bitterness was their bread and rivalry their wine. (Mervyn Peake)

The lives of the Outer Dwellers had become almost normal again. Bitterness was their bread and rivalry their wine.

Mervyn Peake

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