but then he was minded that the jacket indeed had been left in the pub. He knew the item for which he so fervently searched was not in either of the outside pockets, so he began to inspect the items in the inside breast pockets. He was eventually rewarded for his eternal patience, which he only just acquired ten minutes earlier, when he joyfully removed the piece of paper that contained the meaning of life on it.
Remarkably it had the very faint smell of apricot jam and
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