Here are the quotations for next week, October 7th to 13th:
1. 'But though we were dead-tired, we did not forget to go to the Boy's
rooms and put away his revolver with the proper amount of cartridges in the
pouch. Also to set his writing-case on the table. We found the Colonel and
reported the death, feeling more like murderers than ever.'
2. 'The exploded shell of an old brown cartridge dropped out of one of the
pockets and rolled at my feet. Gunga Dass had not seen it; and I fell to
thinking that a man does not carry exploded cartridge-cases, especially
'browns,' which will not bear loading twice, about with him when shooting.
In other words, that cartridge-case had been fired inside the crater.'
3. '...He shouted wanst or twice, an' thin I heard him say: "They shud ha'
got the range long ago. Maybe they'll fire at the flash." Thin he fired
again, an' that dhrew a fresh volley, and the long slugs thay they chew in
their teeth came floppin' among the rocks like tree-toads of a hot night...'
The sources of last week's quotations (Sept 30th to Oct 6th) were:
1. ('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.) This is from 'A Conference of the Powers' in 'Many Inventions'.
2. ('A sais or groom met me on the Simla Mall with this extraordinary note:
'Please give bearer a box of cheroots .) This is from 'Miss Youghal's Sais'
in "Plain Tales from the Hills".
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.) This is from
'In the interests of the Brethren in "Debits and Credits".
Good wishes to all, John R
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