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Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid' the player who is finally left with it has lost.

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Evelyn Waugh
Age: 62 †
Born: 1903
Born: October 28
Died: 1966
Died: April 10
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Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh
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