Kyril Bonfiglioli (1928–1985) British art dealer
Source: The Mortdecai Trilogy, After You With The Pistol (1979), Ch. 16.
“There’s more leg room in first class, to be sure, but there’s more poetry in second class—and more honesty in third.”
— Michael Kurland, book Ten Little Wizards
Source: Ten Little Wizards (1988), Chapter 7 (p. 62)
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