Here are the quotations for the coming week, Feb 17th to 23rd:
1. Then came the cholera from all four quarters of the compass. It struck a
pilgrim-gathering of half a million at a sacred shrine. Many died at the
feet of their god; the others broke and ran over the face of the land
carrying the pestilence with them.
2. 'That summer the Ould Rig'ment did not use their own Clink, bekase the
cholera was hangin' about there like Mildew on wet boots, an' 'twas murdher
to confine in ut. We borrowed the Clink that belonged to the Holy Christians
(the rig'ment that has never seen service yet) and that lay a matther av a
mile away, acrost two p'rade-grounds an' the main road...'
3. At last the Major dried his eyes openly, and said, "Nice sort of thing to
spring on an English family! What shall we do?"
I said, knowing what the Major had brought me out for, - "The Boy died of
cholera. We were with him at the time. We can't commit ourselves to
half-measures. Come along."
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The sources of last week's quotations (February 10th to 16th), as a number
of people have pointed out, were as follows:
1. (..she observed to the Rector's gardener: "It's Miss Helen's turn now." )
This is from 'The Gardener' in 'Debits and Credits'.
2. ("Go to the stile a-top o' the Barn field," said Mary, "and look across
Pardons to the next spire. It's directly under...) This is from 'An
Habitation Enforced' in 'Actions and Reactions'.
3. ('..If I hadn't come to your cursed country - If I had sent it off at
Southampton - If I ever get you west of the Alleghanies, if -") This is
from 'A Matter of Fact' in 'Many Inventions'.
Good wishes to all, John R
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