Here are the quotations for next week (July 30th to August 5th)
1. . …"You'll be seein' Mr Godsoe soon ? …Well then, tell him from me that I
expect to be through with my little trouble by the twenty-first of next
month, an' I'm dyin' to see him as soon as possible after that date." '
'What sort of trouble was it?' …. 'She'd 'ad a bit of a gatherin' in 'er
breast, I believe. But she never talked of 'er body much to anyone.' …
2. '…Come spring , I 'ad something else to rage for. I'd growed a nasty
little weepin' boil, like, on me shin, just above the boot-top, that
wouldn't heal no shape. It made me sick to look at it, for I'm clean-fleshed
by nature. Chop me all over with a spade an' I'd heal like turf…I've gone
the better part of a year onct or twice with na'un more to show than the
little weepin' core of it, like. All s'rinked up an' dried off. Then he'd
inflame up - for a warnin' - an' I'd suffer it…'
3. … He went down the road, collected his little knot of listeners, and
began the Song of the Girl. In the middle of his singing he felt the cold
touch of the Crab's claw on the apple of his throat. He lifted his hand,
choked, and stopped for an instant…when his song was ended, he felt the grip
on his throat tighten...
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The sources of this week's quotations (July 23-29) are as follows:
1. 'On the Gate' in 'Debits and Credits'
2. 'Uncovenanted Mercies' in 'Limits and Renewals'
3. 'The Bridge-builders' in 'The Day's Work'
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Good wishes to all, John R
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