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"Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table."

Diana Vreeland, American Editor

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"Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table."

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"Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table."

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