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Subject: Quotations
Here are the quotations for this week (October 19th to 25th):
1. He saw perspectives of heads - gunshot wounds - seen from above and a
little behind, as they'd lie on the tables; with the pad over their mouths,
but they still all accused him of murder. On off-nights he had orderlies
whispering to him to wake up and give some poor beggar a chance to live.
Then they'd waggle his foot, and he'd wake up grateful for the pain, and
change the dressings. His foot was in a filthy state…
2. He coughed, and as he drew breath, his pain broke through all the drugs,
and the outcry filled the room …a full, high, affected voice, unheard for a
generation, accompanied, as it seemed, the clamour of a beast in agony,
saying: 'I wish to God someone would stop that old swine howling down there
! I can't …'
3. She was choking with her throat; had rushed to the window for air; had
near pitched out, and in catching at the window bars had cut her hand. Over
and over she made this clear to the intent Baxter. Then she turned on her
sister, and tongue-lashed her savagely.
The sources of last week’s extracts (October 12th to 18th) are as follows:
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…) This is from "A Friend of
the Family" in Debits and Credits.
2. ( … he put out his long-taloned hands to a piece of plate opposite, and
fingered it lovingly…) This is from "The Man who Was" from Life's Handicap.
3. (…Here he stopped, and with a couple of dexterous turns of the wrist,
pegged the bird on its back with outstretched wings…) This is from "The
Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes", in Wee Willie Winkie and other stories.
Good wishes to all, John R
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