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One evening [Thomas Carlyle and Alfred Tennyson] met in [Carlyle’s] house, and smoked continuously for three hours, neither of them saying a word, opening their mouths only to emit floods of smoke, and when Tennyson rose to depart, he said “This has been a blessed evening, Thomas”, and Thomas replied “Alfred, I have never enjoyed your company more than tonight

"One evening [Thomas Carlyle and Alfred Tennyson] met in [Carlyle's] house, and smoked continuously for three hours, neither of them saying a word, opening their mouths only to emit floods of smoke, and when Tennyson rose to depart, he said "This has been a blessed evening, Thomas", and Thomas replied "Alfred, I have never enjoyed your company more than tonight".

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