From: John Radcliffe
To: Rudyard Kipling Mailbase
Subject: Quotes
Here are the quotes for next week (19th to 25th August)
1. ...'I went forward, but I cannot say whither I went, and there was no
more food for myself or the sister. And upon a hot night, she weeping and
calling for food, we came to a well, and I bade her sit upon the kerb, and
thrust her in, for, in truth, she could not see; and it is better to die
than to starve.'...
2. ... 'Be quick', said Athira; and Suket Singh was quick; but Athira was
quick no longer. Then he lit the pile at the four corners and climbed upon
it, reloading the gun. The little flames began to peer up between the big
logs atop of the brushwood. 'The Government should teach us to pull the
triggers with our toes,' said Suket Singh grimly to the moon. That was the
last public observation of Sepoy Suket Singh...
3. ...an instant later, by the tone of Spurstow's voice calling upon them to
enter, the men knew what had happened. There was no need to wake him. The
punkah was still being pulled over the bed, but Hummil had departed this
life at least three hours. The body lay on its back, hands clinched by the
side…In the staring eyes was written terror beyond the expression of any
pen'...
The sources of last week's quotations (12th to 18th August) were:
1. 'Proofs of Holy Writ'
2. 'The Manner of Men' in 'Limits and Renewals'
3. 'At the End of the Passage' in 'Life's Handicap'
Good wishes to all, John R
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