Auberon Waugh Quotes

There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?

Auberon Waugh

• Up
• Long
• Together
• House
• Small
• Food
• Hand
• Boy
• Silence
• Suicide
• Tragedy
• Eton

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