As soon as he finished eating, he would light a cigarette and snap his fingers for the bill, not bothering to check whether I had finished, too.

NEWYORKER: Naima

Maybe his bootlace came untied, or maybe he wanted to light a cigarette.

NEWYORKER: So It Is in Life

''Unfortunately, the family I bought it from (Lord Hesketh) had sold the contents at auction earlier, '' he says puffing on a Marlboro Light cigarette.

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