Here are the quotations for the week of 3-9 December (courtesy of Tim
Connell):
1. ..."Don't speak English," said Lalun, bending over her sitar afresh. The
chorus went out from the City wall to the blackened wall of Fort Amara which
dominates the City...
2. ..."What d'you think of that?" said he in English. "Carnehan can't talk
their patter, so I've made him my servant. He makes a handsome servant.
'Tisn't for nothing that I've been knocking about the country for fourteen
years"...
3. I began to tell the story of Charlie in English, but Grish Chunder put a
question in the vernacular, and the history went forward naturally in the
tongue best suited for its telling. After all, it could never have been told
in English.
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The sources of last week's quotations (26 Nov to 2 December) were as
follows:
1. 'A Walking Delegate' in 'The Day's Work'
2. 'The Maltese Cat' in 'The Day's Work'
3. 'The Mother Hive' in 'Actions and Reactions'
Best wishes to all, John R
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