Here are the qulotations for next week (8th to 14th October):
. ‘I was going on fowls and boiled corn, but my Tommies wanted their pound
of fresh meat, and their half ounce of this, and their two ounces of t’other
thing, and they used to come to me and badger me for plug-tobacco when we
were four days in jungle. I said: "I can get you Burma tobacco, but I don’t
keep a canteen up my sleeve." They couldn’t see it. They wanted all the
luxuries of the season, confound ‘em.'
2. . 'A sais or groom met me on the Simla Mall with this extraordinary note:
’Please give bearer a box of cheroots - Supers, No.1 for preference. They
are freshest at the Club. I’ll repay when I reappear; but at present I’m out
of society !’
3. ‘It breaks my heart to give them the tobaccos they ask for. On the other
hand, not one man in five thousand has a tobacco-palate. Preference, yes.
Palate, no. Here’s your pipe, again. It deserves better treatment than it’s
had. There’s a procedure, a ritual, in all things.’
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As several people have pointed out, the sources of last week's quotations
(1st to 7th October) were as follows:
1. 'On the City Wall' in 'Soldiers Three'
2. 'The Man who Was' in 'Life's Handicap'
3. 'The Drums of the Fore and Aft' in 'Wee Willie Winkie'.
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I will be in Spain next week, and if I can find an internet connection I
will be able to update the quotations next weekend (14/15th October) If not
there will be a hiatus for a few days.
All good wishes, John R
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