Here are the quotations for the current week (April 16-22nd)
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1. '…the whole country was humming with dacoits. I used to send out spies,
and act on their information. As soon as a man came in and told me of a gang
in hiding, I'd take thirty men with some grub, and go and look for them,
while the other subaltern lay doggo in camp'…
2. ' ...I will therefore stay among you till I see that Smallpox is
conquered, and I will not go away until the men and the women and the litle
children show me upon their arms such marks as I have even now showed you. I
bring with me two very good guns, and a man whose name is known among beasts
and men. We will hunt together, I and he and your young men '...
3. ...It had been the merest nervous flick of an exasperated boy, but quite
enough to forfeit his commission, since it had been dealt in anger to a
volunteer and no pressed man, who could not under the rules of the service
reply...
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The sources for last week (9-15 April), as various people have pointed out,
were:
1. 'The Eye of Allah' in Debits and Credits
2. 'The Gardener' in Debits and Credits.
3. 'Mary Postgate' in 'A Diversity of Creatures'.
All good wishes, John R
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