Quotations
Here are the quotations for this week (February 26th to March 4th):
1. By this time the village was old in experience of war, and, English
fashion, had evolved a ritual to meet it. When the postmistress handed her
seven-year-old daughter the official telegram to take to Miss Turrell, she
observed to the Rector’s gardener: “It’s Miss Helen’s turn now.”
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. You can’t miss it - not if
you keep to the footpath. My sister’s the telegraphist there. But you’re in
the three-mile radius, sir. The boy delivers telegrams directly to this door
from Pardons village.”
3. “You’ve got me on your own ground,” said he, tugging at his overcoat
pocket. He pulled out his copy, with the cable forms - for he had written
out his telegram - and put them all into my hand, groaning, “I pass. 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 -”
The sources of last week’s extracts (February 19th to 25th) are as follows:
1. (…A yellow and brown streak glided from the purple rustling stems to
the bank…) This is from Kim.
2. (…I hate and fear snakes, because if you look into the eyes of any snake
you will see that it knows all and more of the mystery of man's fall…) This
is from “The Return of Imray” in Life’s Handicap.
3. (…The young man felt inside … with his stick, and slung out a snake,
which he named, balanced on the wire…) This is from Brazilian Sketches.
Good wishes to all
John R
_________________________________________________________________
Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters!
http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters
|