On the contrary, [ interrupted by a better but imperfect smoke ring, ] this tobacco was watered with wine and raised in weather so perfect it will be another age before we have its equal.
[ Another tic mark for the tally of moments in this experiment that have required self-control—in this case, not to take transient pleasures and run. ]
They are the only point, my good Bah. It is everything else that lacks one.
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[ And now the affected tones of a haughty university student. ]
But pleasures, they are so transient. So what is the point of them?
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They are the only point, my good Bah. It is everything else that lacks one.