Here is the next set of quotations - for the period 20 May to 3nd June:
1. There are not many happinesses so complete as those that are snatched
under the shadow of the sword. They sat together and laughed, calling each
other openly by every pet name that could move the wrath of the gods. The
city below them was locked up in its own torments.
2. '…I went, crying like a jackal, to the appointed place which was near the
byre of the headman's house. But my love was already there, weeping. She
feared that the flood had swept my hut at the Barwhi Ford. When I came
softly through the ankle-deep water, She thought it was a ghost, and would
have fled, but I put my arms round her …'
3. Janki Meah took a second wife - a girl of the Jolaha main stock of the
Meahs, and singularly beautiful. Janki Meah could not see her beauty;
wherefore he took her on trust, and forbade her to go down the pit. He had
not worked for thirty years in the dark without knowing that the pit was no
place for pretty women.
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All three of last week's quotations on naval themes (13th to 19th May) were
from 'Traffics and Discoveries'.
1. 'The Bonds of Discipline'
2. 'Their Lawful Occasions'
3. 'Steam Tactics'
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I shall be away in France from May 21st to June 9th. Since I will be on my
honeymoon, access to the internet during that time is likely to be sporadic
or possibly non-existent. If you have enquiries I hope they will keep until
my return. Roger Ayers is dealing with membership enquiries directly, and
notes to the Society via the web-site wilkl go to Jane Keskar.
Good wishes to all, John R
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