When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage.

— Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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