Murdoch Mysteries2008

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Professor Aldous Lawrence:
There was a time in China when smoking opium was a sign of wealth Only wealth did it because it was illegal and only the wealthy could escape prosecution, but also because wealth allowed for a certain leisure that the smoking of opium desires, and it was these prosperous patrons who understood opium's value to artists, philosophers, and allowing this golden age of...

Ling Lawrence:
[Byron starts coughing] Only a little.

Byron Sutton:
Apologies, Emperor.

Professor Aldous Lawrence:
Enough history; we are here to enjoy the present. So, let up retire to the den