Here are the quotations for this week, October 30th to November 5th:
1. 'He held up one of his big hands. "Gentlemen," he says - slow he spoke,
but his voice carried far - "I have to think of our country. Let me assure
you that the treaty with Great Britain will be made even though every city
in the Union burn me in effigy."...
2. '...you won't decline. You'll hang on to your two nice red-strapped
axles and your new machine-moulded pinions like - a - like a leech on a
lily stem ! There's centuries of work in your old bones if you'd only
apply yourself to it' ...
'It is a matter on which it would be exceedingly ill-advised to form a
hasty or a premature conclusion. I will give it my most careful
consideration...'
3. 'But he hadn't really done anything when you knew him, had he ?' ...
(he) pointed to the scars and scrapes left by Cattiwow's great log. 'You
tell me that that good ship's timber never done nothing against winds and
weathers since her upspringing, and I'll confess ye that young Frankie
never done nothing neither...'
The sources of last week's extracts (Oct 23 to 29) are as follows:
1. (....'But though we were dead-tired, we did not forget to go to the
Boy’s rooms and put away his revolver...) This is from '"Thrown Away" in
Plain Tales from the Hills.
2. (...The exploded shell of an old brown cartridge dropped out of one of
the pockets...) This is from "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" from
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories..
3. (..."They shud ha’ got the range long ago. Maybe they’ll fire at the
flash."...) This is from "Love o’ Women" in Many Inventions.
Good wishes to all, John R
If you are following the progress of the NRG you may like to know that we
have recently published notes on “How the First Letter was Written” by
Lisa Lewis, and on “The Sending of Dana Da” by John McGivering. Also that
in addition yo the main works we have now listed a considerable number of
other works on the web-site as part of the Guide.
Good wishes to all, John R
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