Before Ben, two men and two women performed a mildewed sketch show of unmistakable Oxbridge vintage, circa 1994.

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The lawn was a weave of waist-high weeds and fallen limbs punctuated by the otherworldly pink domes of thistle blooms, and rising beyond was a mildewed temple.

NEWYORKER: Idols

The heavy, upholstered furniture smells mildewed.

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