Here are the quotations for this week (September 23rd to 29th):
1. Long before I reached the Gully of the Horsemen, I heard the shouts of
the British Infantry crying cheerily: "Hutt, ye beggars! Hutt, ye devils!
Get along! Go forward, there!" Then followed the ringing of rifle-butts and
shrieks of pain. The troops were banging the bare toes of the mob with their
gun-butts - for not a bayonet had been fixed.
2. The clamour might have continued to the dawn had it not been broken by
the noise of a shot without that sent every man feeling for his defenceless
left side. Then there was a scuffle and a yell of pain. "Carbine-stealing
again!" said the adjutant, calmly sinking back in his chair. "This comes of
reducing the guards. I hope the sentries have killed him."
3. ...an answer came from the watch-tower hidden round the curve of the
hill, 'What is it, Shahbaz Khan ?'
Shahbaz Khan replied in the high-pitched voice of the mountaineer: 'Hast
thou seen ?'
The answer came back: 'Yes. God deliver us from all evil spirits!'
There was a pause, and then: 'Hafiz Ullah, I am alone ! Come to me.'
'Shahbaz Khan, I am alone also; but I dare not leave my post!'
'That is a lie, thou art afraid.'
A longer pause followed, and then: 'I am afraid. Be silent! They are below
us still...'
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The sources of last week's quotations (September 16th to 22nd) were as
follows:
1. ('All the land was empty except for themselves...') 'The Brushwood Boy'
in 'The Day's Work'.
2. (' "Little woman ... do you care for me ?" ...') 'A Wayside Comedy' in
'Wee Willie Winkie'
3. (' "Jack ! Jack, darling !" ....') 'The Phantom Rickshaw' in 'Wee
Willie Winkie'
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Good wishes to all, John R
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