Here are the quotations for this week (24th to 30th September)
1. ...All the land was empty except for themselves, and at last (they were
sitting by the lamp-post hand in hand) she turned and kissed him. He woke
with a start, staring at the waving curtain of the cabin door; he could
almost have sworn that the kiss was real...
2. … "Little woman …do you care for me ?"…
"Do you want an honest answer ?"
"Ye-es. I've asked for it."
Mrs Boulte spoke in a low, even voice for five minutes, very distinctly,
that there might be no misunderstanding her meaning. When Samson broke the
pillars of Gaza, he did a little thing, and one not to be compared to the
deliberate pulling down of a woman's homestead about her own ears…She struck
at Boulte's heart, because her own was sick with suspicion…
3. "Jack ! Jack, darling !" (there was no mistake about the words this time:
they rang through my brain as if they had been shouted in my ear.) "It's
some hideous mistake I'm sure. Please forgive me Jack, and let's be friends
again"…
The sources of last week's extracts (17th to 23rd September) were as
follows:
1. 'The tomb of his ancestors' in 'The Day's Work'.
2. 'His Majesty the King' in 'Wee Willie Winkie'.
3. 'The Son of his Father' in 'Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides'.
Best regards to all, John R
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