There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief. (Graham Greene)

There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief.

Graham Greene

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