Here are the quotations for next week (October 20th to 26th)
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...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...'
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 this week's extracts (October 13th to 19th) are as follows:
1. (...'I said: "I can get you Burma tobacco, but I don’t keep a canteen up
my sleeve." They couldn’t see it...') This is from ‘A Conference of the
Powers’ in ‘Many Inventions’.
2. (...’Please give bearer a box of cheroots - Supers, No.1 for
preference...') This is from ‘Miss Youghal’s Sais’ in "Plain Tales from the
Hills".
3. (...'not one man in five thousand has a tobacco-palate. Preference, yes.
Palate, no. ..') This is from ‘In the interests of the Brethren in "Debits
and Credits".
Good wishes to all, John R
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