Here are the quotations for this week (July 22nd to 28th):
1. And the little girl-daughter said, 'This is a good nut that I am eating.
If you choose I will make a magic and I will give you this pair of scissors,
very sharp and strong, so that you and your children can eat coconuts like
this all day long when you come up from the Sea to the land …
2. 'I am the Colonel Sahib's son, and my order is that you go at once. You
black men are frightening the Miss Sahib. One of you must run into
cantonments and take the news that the Miss Sahib has hurt herself, and that
the Colonel's son is here with her…'.
3. 'I went forward; but I cannot say whither I went, and there was no more
food for myself or the sister. And upon a hot night, she weeping and calling
for food, we came to a well, and I bade her sit upon the kerb, and thrust
her in, for, in truth, she could not see; and it is better to die than to
starve…'
The sources of last week’s extracts (July 15th to 21st) are as follows:
1. (…all orders after eight bells was to be executed in inverse ration to
the cube o' the velocity…) This is from "The Bonds of Discipline" in
Traffics and Discoveries.
2. (“…"Get out of this and conduct your own damned manoeuvres in your own
damned tinker fashion !") This is from "Their Lawful Occasions" in Traffics
and Discoveries,
3. ('...What's her speed ?' he demanded of the engineer.
'Twenty-five', said that loyal man.) This is from "Steam Tactics" in
Traffics and Discoveries.
Good wishes to all, John R
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