Here are the quotations for next week, September 10th to 16th
1. …'He was just the same. You'd ha' thought he'd show up in England like a
fresh stiff on snow - but you never noticed him. You never heard him; and if
he didn't want to be seen he wasn't there. He just joined up with his
background…'
2. …He drank, and the tune rose louder, and he straightened himself yet
more. Then he put out his long-taloned hands to a piece of plate opposite,
and fingered it lovingly…he found the spring, pressed it, and laughed
weakly. He rose from his chair and inspected a picture on the wall, then
moved on to another picture, the mess watching him without a word…
3. Advancing cautiously to the river front, Gunga Dass stepped from tussock
to tussock until he had reached a smooth patch of sand directly in the line
of the boat's fire. The occupants of the boat took no notice. Here he
stopped, and with a couple of dexterous turns of the wrist, pegged the bird
on its back with outstretched wings…Half a dozen wild crows flew over at
once to see what was going on, and also, as it proved, to attack the
pinioned bird..
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The sources of the quotations for September 3rd to 9th were:
1. 'Wressley of the Foreign Office' in 'Plain Tales from the Hills'
2. 'At the Pit's Mouth' in 'Wee Willie Winkie and other stories'
3. 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes', also in 'Wee Willie Winkie and
other stories'
Best regards to all
John R
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