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"It looks so dirty." | Tony Last | I got it from Polly."<|quote|>"It looks so dirty."</|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a | that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly."<|quote|>"It looks so dirty."</|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up | resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly."<|quote|>"It looks so dirty."</|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a ... | in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a rag... | her to look after Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was ... | kerosene on his hands and on the sodden earth. He lay awake in the darkness crying. Just before dawn the fever returned and a constant company of phantoms perplexed his senses. * * * * * Brenda awoke in the lowest possible spirits. The evening before she had spent alone at a cinema. Afterwards she felt hungry--she had ... | you tell me whether Mr Last made another will?" "I'm afraid that is a thing I cannot discuss." "No, I suppose not. I'm sorry if it was wrong to ask. I just wanted to know how I am with him." She still stood between the door and the table, looking lost, in her bright summer clothes. "Perhaps I can say as much as this to... | they had fallen and returned to his hammock. And lying there, wrapped in his blanket, he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed refilling. He knew where the oil was kept, crept to it, supporting himself first on the hammock rope and then o... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." | No speaker | Polly." "It looks so dirty."<|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting."</|quote|>"But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, | it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty."<|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting."</|quote|>"But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in | * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty."<|quote|>"Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the... | It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pa... | Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those ... | and on the sodden earth. He lay awake in the darkness crying. Just before dawn the fever returned and a constant company of phantoms perplexed his senses. * * * * * Brenda awoke in the lowest possible spirits. The evening before she had spent alone at a cinema. Afterwards she felt hungry--she had had no proper meal tha... | Mr Last made another will?" "I'm afraid that is a thing I cannot discuss." "No, I suppose not. I'm sorry if it was wrong to ask. I just wanted to know how I am with him." She still stood between the door and the table, looking lost, in her bright summer clothes. "Perhaps I can say as much as this to guide you. The heir... | found the keg, pulled out the bung and began to refill the lamp, but his hand trembled and the oil spilled over the ground, then his head began to swim again so that he shut his eyes; the keg rolled over on its side and emptied itself with slow gurglings. When he realized what had happened, he began to cry again. He la... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But it isn't Wednesday?" | Tony Last | to the County Council meeting."<|quote|>"But it isn't Wednesday?"</|quote|>"No, but time is different | get up now to go to the County Council meeting."<|quote|>"But it isn't Wednesday?"</|quote|>"No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" | It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting."<|quote|>"But it isn't Wednesday?"</|quote|>"No, but time is d... | fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Wh... | was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round o... | and a constant company of phantoms perplexed his senses. * * * * * Brenda awoke in the lowest possible spirits. The evening before she had spent alone at a cinema. Afterwards she felt hungry--she had had no proper meal that day--but she had not the strength to go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a m... | I'm sorry if it was wrong to ask. I just wanted to know how I am with him." She still stood between the door and the table, looking lost, in her bright summer clothes. "Perhaps I can say as much as this to guide you. The heirs-presumptive to Hetton are now his cousins, the Richard Lasts at Princes Risborough. I think t... | his annual visit to his elder brother in Scotland; Marjorie and Allan at the last moment had made Lord Monomark's yacht and were drifting luxuriously down the coast of Spain attending bull-fights (they had even asked her to look after Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Ge... | A Handful Of Dust |
"No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" | No speaker | meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?"<|quote|>"No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?"</|quote|>"I can't get as far | go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?"<|quote|>"No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?"</|quote|>"I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to | Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?"<|quote|>"No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you r... | and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like ... | Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining;... | of phantoms perplexed his senses. * * * * * Brenda awoke in the lowest possible spirits. The evening before she had spent alone at a cinema. Afterwards she felt hungry--she had had no proper meal that day--but she had not the strength to go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a meat pie at a coffee sta... | was wrong to ask. I just wanted to know how I am with him." She still stood between the door and the table, looking lost, in her bright summer clothes. "Perhaps I can say as much as this to guide you. The heirs-presumptive to Hetton are now his cousins, the Richard Lasts at Princes Risborough. I think that your knowled... | at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day landing in New York. (He had cabled her from mid-ocean that the cross... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." | Tony Last | in Brazil; surely you remember?"<|quote|>"I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening."</|quote|>"But all the County Council | "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?"<|quote|>"I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening."</|quote|>"But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde | are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?"<|quote|>"I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got... | down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly."... | newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewr... | Brenda awoke in the lowest possible spirits. The evening before she had spent alone at a cinema. Afterwards she felt hungry--she had had no proper meal that day--but she had not the strength to go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a meat pie at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but... | I am with him." She still stood between the door and the table, looking lost, in her bright summer clothes. "Perhaps I can say as much as this to guide you. The heirs-presumptive to Hetton are now his cousins, the Richard Lasts at Princes Risborough. I think that your knowledge of Mr Last's character and opinions will ... | happened, he began to cry again. He lay down in his hammock and in a few minutes the light sank, flickered and went out. There was a reek of kerosene on his hands and on the sodden earth. He lay awake in the darkness crying. Just before dawn the fever returned and a constant company of phantoms perplexed his senses. * ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. | No speaker | quiet. He's coming this evening."<|quote|>"But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested.</|quote|>"She ha... | He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening."<|quote|>"But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested.... | now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening."<|quote|>"But all the County Council are here. T... | cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wedn... | days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a... | she had not the strength to go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a meat pie at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely a... | to guide you. The heirs-presumptive to Hetton are now his cousins, the Richard Lasts at Princes Risborough. I think that your knowledge of Mr Last's character and opinions will tell you that he would always wish his fortune to go with the estate, in order that it may be preserved in what he holds to be its right condit... | he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed refilling. He knew where the oil was kept, crept to it, supporting himself first on the hammock rope and then on a pile of boxes. He found the keg, pulled out the bung and began to refill the lamp,... | A Handful Of Dust |
"She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse." | Tony Last | of low repute." Tony protested.<|quote|>"She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse."</|quote|>"Order," said the Mayor. "I | committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested.<|quote|>"She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse."</|quote|>"Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to | He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested.<|quote|>"She has a daughter. Sh... | You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are... | read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not u... | of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day landing in New York. (He had cabled her from mid-ocean that the crossing was excellent.) It was for her the last of Beaver. Parliament was over and Jock Grant-Menzies was paying his annual visit to his el... | it may be preserved in what he holds to be its right condition." "Yes," said Brenda, "I ought to have thought of that. Well, good-bye." And she went out alone into the sunshine. * * * * * All that day Tony lay alone, fitfully oblivious of the passage of time. He slept a little; once or twice he left his hammock and fou... | go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a meat pie at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day la... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_.... | No speaker | right here as Lady Cockpurse."<|quote|>"Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safel... | daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse."<|quote|>"Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buse... | Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. "She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse."<|quote|>"Order," said the Mayor. "I must a... | it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sur... | mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are... | August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day landing in New York. (He had cabled her from mid-ocean that the crossing was excellent.) It was for her the last of Beaver. Parliament was over and Jock Grant-Menzies was paying his annual visit to his elder brother in Scotland; Marjorie and Allan at the last momen... | "Yes," said Brenda, "I ought to have thought of that. Well, good-bye." And she went out alone into the sunshine. * * * * * All that day Tony lay alone, fitfully oblivious of the passage of time. He slept a little; once or twice he left his hammock and found himself weak and dizzy. He tried to eat some of the food which... | Beaver. Parliament was over and Jock Grant-Menzies was paying his annual visit to his elder brother in Scotland; Marjorie and Allan at the last moment had made Lord Monomark's yacht and were drifting luxuriously down the coast of Spain attending bull-fights (they had even asked her to look after Djinn). Her mother was ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Ladies and gentlemen," | Tony Last | address the meeting." "Hear, hear."<|quote|>"Ladies and gentlemen,"</|quote|>said Tony. "I beg you | "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear."<|quote|>"Ladies and gentlemen,"</|quote|>said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am | rats. Mechanical green line rats. Many of the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear."<|quote|>"Ladies and g... | you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_." "I said Green Line rats. Mechanical... | different in Brazil; surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie S... | in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London wa... | fingers and each time that he stooped he felt giddy, so that after a few fretful efforts he left them where they had fallen and returned to his hammock. And lying there, wrapped in his blanket, he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed ref... | broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pity. * * * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from P... | A Handful Of Dust |
said Tony. | No speaker | "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen,"<|quote|>said Tony.</|quote|>"I beg you to understand | Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen,"<|quote|>said Tony.</|quote|>"I beg you to understand that I am ill and | line rats. Many of the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen,"<|quote|>said Tony.</... | confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_." "I said Green Line rats. Mechanical green line rats.... | surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman.... | Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest ti... | time that he stooped he felt giddy, so that after a few fretful efforts he left them where they had fallen and returned to his hammock. And lying there, wrapped in his blanket, he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed refilling. He knew w... | had no proper meal that day--but she had not the strength to go alone into any of the supper restaurants. She bought a meat pie at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions." | Tony Last | "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony.<|quote|>"I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions."</|quote|>"Winnie wants to bathe." "No | address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony.<|quote|>"I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions."</|quote|>"Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing | Many of the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony.<|quote|>"I beg you t... | remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_." "I said Green Line rats. Mechanical green line rats. Many of the ... | remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "... | her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he ... | he stooped he felt giddy, so that after a few fretful efforts he left them where they had fallen and returned to his hammock. And lying there, wrapped in his blanket, he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed refilling. He knew where the o... | and Allan at the last moment had made Lord Monomark's yacht and were drifting luxuriously down the coast of Spain attending bull-fights (they had even asked her to look after Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruis... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton C... | No speaker | has given the clearest instructions."<|quote|>"Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contr... | from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions."<|quote|>"Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "Th... | out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions."<|quote|>"Winnie wants to bat... | it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_." "I said Green Line rats. Mechanical green line rats. Many of the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanic... | be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. "She has a daughter. ... | everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks p... | hammock. And lying there, wrapped in his blanket, he began to cry. After some hours of darkness the lamp began to burn low; he leant painfully over, and shook it. It needed refilling. He knew where the oil was kept, crept to it, supporting himself first on the hammock rope and then on a pile of boxes. He found the keg,... | round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Why are you all changing your clothes?" | Tony Last | breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority."<|quote|>"Why are you all changing your clothes?"</|quote|>asked Tony, for they were | said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority."<|quote|>"Why are you all changing your clothes?"</|quote|>asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For | see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority."<|quote|>"Why are you all chang... | against will say bow-wow." "A most improper proceeding," said Reggie. "What will the servants think?" "We have got to do something until Brenda has been told." "...Me? I'm all right." "Then I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'... | you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the most expensive but I understand that her plans in... | they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. "She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse." "Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject und... | meat pie at a coffee stall and took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day landing in New York. (He had cabled her from mid-ocean that ... | like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Council meeting." "But it isn't Wednesday?" "No, but time is different in Brazil; surely you remember?" "I can't get as far as Pigstanton. I've got to stay here until Messinger comes back. I'm i... | A Handful Of Dust |
asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them ... | No speaker | you all changing your clothes?"<|quote|>asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him tha... | an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?"<|quote|>asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical ... | I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?"<|quote|>asked Tony, for... | proceeding," said Reggie. "What will the servants think?" "We have got to do something until Brenda has been told." "...Me? I'm all right." "Then I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with... | Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the most expensive but I understand that her plans include a chromium-plated wall on the south s... | was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. "She has a daughter. She has as much right here as Lady Cockpurse." "Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide abou... | took it home. It looked delicious but when she came to eat she found that she had lost her appetite. The remains of that pie lay on the dressing table when she awoke. It was August and she was entirely alone. Beaver was that day landing in New York. (He had cabled her from mid-ocean that the crossing was excellent.) It... | * * * In Brazil she wore a ragged cotton gown of the same pattern as Rosa's. It was not unbecoming. Tony watched her for some time before he spoke. "Why are you dressed like that?" "Don't you like it? I got it from Polly." "It looks so dirty." "Well, Polly travels about a lot. You must get up now to go to the County Co... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Why, I didn't know you were here." | Tony Last | with John Beaver," said Ambrose.<|quote|>"Why, I didn't know you were here."</|quote|>"I came to remind you | in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose.<|quote|>"Why, I didn't know you were here."</|quote|>"I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. | inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose.<|quote|>"Why, I didn't know you were here."</|quote|>"... | clothes?" asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It fright... | improper proceeding," said Reggie. "What will the servants think?" "We have got to do something until Brenda has been told." "...Me? I'm all right." "Then I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in ... | the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand tha... | drifting luxuriously down the coast of Spain attending bull-fights (they had even asked her to look after Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by... | that her plans include a chromium-plated wall on the south side of the village..." "...and two breakfasts," prompted Winnie. "...and two breakfasts for the men engaged on the work. Those in favour of the motion will make a clucking sound in imitation of hens, those against will say bow-wow." "A most improper proceeding... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." | No speaker | didn't know you were here."<|quote|>"I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock."</|quote|>"But how can I reach | Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here."<|quote|>"I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock."</|quote|>"But how can I reach the City if I stay | It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here."<|quote|>"I came to remind you that you were ill, sir.... | on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the... | servants think?" "We have got to do something until Brenda has been told." "...Me? I'm all right." "Then I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of t... | and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the h... | attending bull-fights (they had even asked her to look after Djinn). Her mother was at the chalet Lady Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season ... | about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green Line _rats_." "I said Green Line rats. Mechanical green line rats. Many of the villagers have been scared by them and have evacuated their... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" | Tony Last | no account leave your hammock."<|quote|>"But how can I reach the City if I stay here?"</|quote|>"I will serve it directly, | ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock."<|quote|>"But how can I reach the City if I stay here?"</|quote|>"I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, | no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock."<|quote|>"But how can I reach the City if I stay here?"</... | "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the t... | I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Win... | by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions." "Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Braz... | Anchorage always lent her on the Lake of Geneva. Polly was everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that ... | wall on the south side of the village..." "...and two breakfasts," prompted Winnie. "...and two breakfasts for the men engaged on the work. Those in favour of the motion will make a clucking sound in imitation of hens, those against will say bow-wow." "A most improper proceeding," said Reggie. "What will the servants t... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." | No speaker | City if I stay here?"<|quote|>"I will serve it directly, sir, in the library."</|quote|>"Yes, in the library. There | how can I reach the City if I stay here?"<|quote|>"I will serve it directly, sir, in the library."</|quote|>"Yes, in the library. There is no point in using | the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?"<|quote|>"I will serve it directly, sir, in the library."</|quote|>"... | saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver... | Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelmin... | Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions." "Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in ... | everywhere. Even Jenny Abdul Akbar was cruising in the Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of mo... | took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the mos... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." | Tony Last | directly, sir, in the library."<|quote|>"Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil."</|quote|>"I will send the order | here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library."<|quote|>"Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil."</|quote|>"I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But | with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library."<|quote|>"Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dini... | green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were her... | I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver." "Is that the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clo... | gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move from the hammock. Dr Messinger has given the clearest instructions." "Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the... | Baltic. Brenda opened her newspaper and read an article by a young man who said that the London Season was a thing of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the g... | ill. He told me to be quiet. He's coming this evening." "But all the County Council are here. The Shameless Blonde brought them in her aeroplane." Sure enough they were all there. Reggie St Cloud was chairman. He said, "I strongly object to Milly being on the committee. She is a woman of low repute." Tony protested. "S... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I will send the order to the stables, sir." | No speaker | gone to live in Brazil."<|quote|>"I will send the order to the stables, sir."</|quote|>"But I don't want the | now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil."<|quote|>"I will send the order to the stables, sir."</|quote|>"But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to | You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil."<|quote|>"I will send the order to the stables, sir."</|quote|>"B... | the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can ... | of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?" asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "... | given the clearest instructions." "Winnie wants to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the ... | of the past; that everyone was too busy in those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that ar... | proceeding," said Reggie. "What will the servants think?" "We have got to do something until Brenda has been told." "...Me? I'm all right." "Then I take it the motion is carried." "Oh, I _am_ glad Mrs Beaver got the job," said Brenda. "You see I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with John Beaver, I'm in love with... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." | Tony Last | order to the stables, sir."<|quote|>"But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her."</|quote|>"You will have to ride | Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir."<|quote|>"But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her."</|quote|>"You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr | how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir."<|quote|>"But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her."</|quote... | bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serv... | John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?" asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is diffe... | bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Be... | those days to keep up the pre-war routine; that there were no more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to ... | by them and have evacuated their cottages." "I evacuated," said Reggie St Cloud. "I was driven out of my house by mechanical green rats." "Order," said Polly Cockpurse. "I move that Mr Last address the meeting." "Hear, hear." "Ladies and gentlemen," said Tony. "I beg you to understand that I am ill and must not move fr... | A Handful Of Dust |
"You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." | No speaker | told Ben to sell her."<|quote|>"You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe."</|quote|>"Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, | don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her."<|quote|>"You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe."</|quote|>"Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved | serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her."<|quote|>"You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messi... | is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There... | two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?" asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Woo... | cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the most expensive ... | more formal dances but a constant round of more modest entertaining; that August in London was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at... | the decision of the committee?" "Yes, she is in love with John Beaver." "Then that is carried unanimously." "No," said Winnie. "He ate two breakfasts." "...by an overwhelming majority." "Why are you all changing your clothes?" asked Tony, for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting he... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Very well, Ambrose." | Tony Last | Messinger has taken the canoe."<|quote|>"Very well, Ambrose."</|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The committee | to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe."<|quote|>"Very well, Ambrose."</|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the | in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe."<|quote|>"Very well, Ambrose."</|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The c... | know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil... | for they were putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that... | St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the most expensive but I understand that her plans include a chromium-plated wall on the south side of the vi... | was the gayest time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentm... | to bathe." "No bathing in Brazil. No bathing in Brazil." The meeting took up the cry. "No bathing in Brazil." "But you had two breakfasts." "Order," said the Mayor. "Lord St Cloud, I suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Looking up from the card table, Tony saw beyond the tree... | No speaker | the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose."<|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Looking up fro... | sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose."<|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries... | dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose."<|quote|>"Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off... | here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will sen... | putting on hunting coats. "For the lawn meet. Hounds are meeting here to-day." "But you can't hunt in summer." "Time is different in Brazil and there is no bathing." "I saw a fox yesterday in Bruton Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away... | suggest you put the question to the vote." "The question is whether the contract for the widening of the corner of Hetton Cross shall be given to Mrs Beaver. Of the tenders submitted hers was by far the most expensive but I understand that her plans include a chromium-plated wall on the south side of the village..." ".... | time of all (he rewrote this annually in slightly different words). It did not console Brenda to read that article. For weeks past she had attempted to keep a fair mind towards Tony and his treatment of her; now at last she broke down, and turning over buried her face in the pillow in an agony of resentment and self-pi... | Cockpurse." "Order," said the Mayor. "I must ask you gentlemen to confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. We have to decide about the widening of the Bayton-Pigstanton road. There have been several complaints that it's impossible for the Green Line buses to turn the corner safely at Hetton Cross." "Green ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," | Tony Last | and addressed him in English.<|quote|>"You're the first person who's spoken to me for days,"</|quote|>said Tony. "The others won't | but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English.<|quote|>"You're the first person who's spoken to me for days,"</|quote|>said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... | of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English.<|quote|>"You're the first person who's spoken... | pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly s... | employed from the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in fill... | DE CHEZ TODD Although Mr Todd had lived in Amazonas for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on a... | Wood. A mechanical green fox with a bell inside him that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn'... | Todd had lived in Amazonas for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The s... | A Handful Of Dust |
said Tony. | No speaker | spoken to me for days,"<|quote|>said Tony.</|quote|>"The others won't stop. They | "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days,"<|quote|>said Tony.</|quote|>"The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... | were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days,"<|quote|>said Tony.</|quote|>"The oth... | was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by in... | long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the ne... | for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was ... | that jingled as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that yo... | was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-b... | A Handful Of Dust |
"The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, hav... | Tony Last | me for days," said Tony.<|quote|>"The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Br... | first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony.<|quote|>"The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with... | and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony.<|quote|>"The others won't stop. Th... | clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat... | of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white ... | six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked ... | as he ran. It frightened them so much that they ran away and the whole beach was deserted and there was no bathing except for Beaver. He can bathe every day, for the time is different in Brazil." "I'm in love with John Beaver," said Ambrose. "Why, I didn't know you were here." "I came to remind you that you were ill, s... | upright position and threw aside his blankets. He was stronger and steadier when the fever was on him. He picked his way through the surrounding thorn-scrub; the sound of music rose from the glittering walls; some procession or pageant was passing along them. He lurched into three trunks and became caught up in roots a... | A Handful Of Dust |
"You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." | Mr Todd | haven't seen her, have you?"<|quote|>"You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time."</|quote|>"She was wearing a top | new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?"<|quote|>"You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time."</|quote|>"She was wearing a top hat when she left. You | was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?"<|quote|>"You are the first stranger I have seen for a very lon... | insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she w... | man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was w... | it ran through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassable, to join the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed it... | ill, sir. You must on no account leave your hammock." "But how can I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I do... | thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed f... | A Handful Of Dust |
"She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." | Tony Last | for a very long time."<|quote|>"She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her."</|quote|>Then he began talking to | first stranger I have seen for a very long time."<|quote|>"She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her."</|quote|>Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, | so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time."<|quote|>"She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss h... | to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went ... | cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the d... | impassable, to join the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, b... | I reach the City if I stay here?" "I will serve it directly, sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride ... | became caught up in roots and hanging tendrils of bush-vine; but he pressed forward, unconscious of pain and fatigue. At last he came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the four points of the compass; peta... | A Handful Of Dust |
Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. | No speaker | left. You can't miss her."<|quote|>Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there.</|quote|>"Do you see that house | a top hat when she left. You can't miss her."<|quote|>Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there.</|quote|>"Do you see that house over there? Do you think | back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her."<|quote|>Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who... | English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's... | his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and gross... | come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and... | sir, in the library." "Yes, in the library. There is no point in using the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." ... | the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floo... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." | Mr Todd | side, who was not there.<|quote|>"Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you."</|quote|>Tony squinted across the savannah | to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there.<|quote|>"Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you."</|quote|>Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture | new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there.<|quote|>"Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can m... | others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you... | of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites... | ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which... | the dining-hall now that her Ladyship has gone to live in Brazil." "I will send the order to the stables, sir." "But I don't want the pony. I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off dow... | years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on a... | A Handful Of Dust |
Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. | No speaker | some Indians to carry you."<|quote|>Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut.</|quote|>"Architecture harmonizing with local character," | If not, I can send some Indians to carry you."<|quote|>Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut.</|quote|>"Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed | top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you."<|quote|>Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut.</|quote|>"Architectu... | canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talki... | were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English.... | of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loadi... | I told Ben to sell her." "You will have to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alo... | the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in charac... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Architecture harmonizing with local character," | Tony Last | savannah at Mr Todd's hut.<|quote|>"Architecture harmonizing with local character,"</|quote|>he said, "indigenous material employed | you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut.<|quote|>"Architecture harmonizing with local character,"</|quote|>he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver | Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut.<|quote|>"Architecture harmonizing with local character,"</|quote|>he sai... | back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not... | dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoke... | roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the... | to ride to the smoking-room, sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the... | breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outsi... | A Handful Of Dust |
he said, | No speaker | "Architecture harmonizing with local character,"<|quote|>he said,</|quote|>"indigenous material employed throughout. Don't | savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character,"<|quote|>he said,</|quote|>"indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it | someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character,"<|quote|>he said,</|quote|>"indigenous material e... | didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that h... | they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said To... | and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him thro... | sir. Dr Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the mot... | dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very s... | A Handful Of Dust |
"indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." | Tony Last | with local character," he said,<|quote|>"indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating."</|quote|>"Try and walk." Mr Todd | Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said,<|quote|>"indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating."</|quote|>"Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet | Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said,<|quote|>"indigenous material employed throughout. ... | expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over ... | to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The othe... | and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long s... | Messinger has taken the canoe." "Very well, Ambrose." "Thank you, sir." The committee had moved off down the avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Lo... | through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassable, to join the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its posse... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Try and walk." | Mr Todd | cover it with chromium plating."<|quote|>"Try and walk."</|quote|>Mr Todd hoisted Tony to | see it or she will cover it with chromium plating."<|quote|>"Try and walk."</|quote|>Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him | can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating."<|quote|>"Try and walk.... | are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Ton... | and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frig... | savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages ... | avenue; all except Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Looking up from the card table, Tony saw beyond the trees the ramparts and battlement of the City; it was quite... | occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on any map; it ran through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassable, to join the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the... | A Handful Of Dust |
Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. | No speaker | chromium plating." "Try and walk."<|quote|>Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm.</|quote|>"I'll ride your bicycle. It | she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk."<|quote|>Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm.</|quote|>"I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just | walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk."<|quote|>Mr Todd hois... | stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted acr... | his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mec... | of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of o... | Colonel Inch who had taken the other drive and was trotting towards Compton Last. Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Looking up from the card table, Tony saw beyond the trees the ramparts and battlement of the City; it was quite near him. From the... | the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." | Tony Last | him with a stout arm.<|quote|>"I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice."</|quote|>Mr Todd led Tony across | to his feet and supported him with a stout arm.<|quote|>"I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice."</|quote|>Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards | squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm.<|quote|>"I'll r... | hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with l... | stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would com... | a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into th... | Tony and Mrs Rattery were all alone. "Bow-wow," she said, scooping in the cards. "That carries the motion." Looking up from the card table, Tony saw beyond the trees the ramparts and battlement of the City; it was quite near him. From the turret of the gatehouse a heraldic banner floated in the tropic breeze. He strugg... | those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to i... | A Handful Of Dust |
Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. | No speaker | was green... green as mice."<|quote|>Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house.</|quote|>"It is a very short | is a different colour. His was green... green as mice."<|quote|>Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house.</|quote|>"It is a very short way. When we get there | with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice."<|quote|>Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of ... | you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and... | tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a ... | in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and v... | ramparts and battlement of the City; it was quite near him. From the turret of the gatehouse a heraldic banner floated in the tropic breeze. He struggled into an upright position and threw aside his blankets. He was stronger and steadier when the fever was on him. He picked his way through the surrounding thorn-scrub; ... | the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking t... | A Handful Of Dust |
"It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." | Mr Todd | of grass towards the house.<|quote|>"It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better."</|quote|>"Very kind of you... rotten | led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house.<|quote|>"It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better."</|quote|>"Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to | feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house.<|quote|>"It is a very short way. When we get there ... | can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and suppo... | a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You ... | longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun w... | the turret of the gatehouse a heraldic banner floated in the tropic breeze. He struggled into an upright position and threw aside his blankets. He was stronger and steadier when the fever was on him. He picked his way through the surrounding thorn-scrub; the sound of music rose from the glittering walls; some processio... | the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartr... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." | Tony Last | something to make you better."<|quote|>"Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since."</|quote|>Presently he said, "I say, | there I will give you something to make you better."<|quote|>"Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since."</|quote|>Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. | on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better."<|quote|>"Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to hav... | local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except th... | but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you se... | day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was alr... | and threw aside his blankets. He was stronger and steadier when the fever was on him. He picked his way through the surrounding thorn-scrub; the sound of music rose from the glittering walls; some procession or pageant was passing along them. He lurched into three trunks and became caught up in roots and hanging tendri... | longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun w... | A Handful Of Dust |
Presently he said, | No speaker | ago. Nothing to eat since."<|quote|>Presently he said,</|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm | That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since."<|quote|>Presently he said,</|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is | towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since."<|quote|>Presently he said,</|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My n... | Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get th... | seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah... | and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so t... | rose from the glittering walls; some procession or pageant was passing along them. He lurched into three trunks and became caught up in roots and hanging tendrils of bush-vine; but he pressed forward, unconscious of pain and fatigue. At last he came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding al... | the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking t... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." | Tony Last | eat since." Presently he said,<|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last."</|quote|>"Well, Mr Last, you aren't | long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said,<|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last."</|quote|>"Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. | "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said,<|quote|>"I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last."</|quote|>"Well... | feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will g... | very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd... | He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was... | glittering walls; some procession or pageant was passing along them. He lurched into three trunks and became caught up in roots and hanging tendrils of bush-vine; but he pressed forward, unconscious of pain and fatigue. At last he came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls,... | at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. One day while Mr Todd was engaged in filling some cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed t... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." | Mr Todd | too. My name is Last."<|quote|>"Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you."</|quote|>Tony looked round him. "Are | say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last."<|quote|>"Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you."</|quote|>Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all | will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last."<|quote|>"Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. Y... | bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you.... | left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local characte... | those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to i... | lurched into three trunks and became caught up in roots and hanging tendrils of bush-vine; but he pressed forward, unconscious of pain and fatigue. At last he came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the fo... | him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clea... | A Handful Of Dust |
Tony looked round him. | No speaker | I'll take care of you."<|quote|>Tony looked round him.</|quote|>"Are you all English?" "Yes, | you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you."<|quote|>Tony looked round him.</|quote|>"Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark | in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you."<|quote|>Tony looked round him.</|quote|>"Are you all Eng... | green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently ... | house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromi... | Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were w... | fatigue. At last he came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the four points of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in ... | that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Are you all English?" | Tony Last | you." Tony looked round him.<|quote|>"Are you all English?"</|quote|>"Yes, all of us." "That | journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him.<|quote|>"Are you all English?"</|quote|>"Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... | was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him.<|quote|>"Are you all English?"</|quote|>"Yes, all ... | Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're E... | you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and... | sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He wa... | came into the open. The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the four points of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in the orchards at Hett... | mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long success... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Yes, all of us." | Mr Todd | him. "Are you all English?"<|quote|>"Yes, all of us."</|quote|>"That dark girl married a | of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?"<|quote|>"Yes, all of us."</|quote|>"That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I | ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?"<|quote|>"Yes, all of us."</|quote|>"That da... | across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm Engli... | manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd ho... | clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in... | The gates were before him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the four points of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in the orchards at Hetton. Gilded cupolas a... | in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She sa... | A Handful Of Dust |
"That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" | Tony Last | English?" "Yes, all of us."<|quote|>"That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?"</|quote|>"Yes." "Well, I feel too | round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us."<|quote|>"That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?"</|quote|>"Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked | since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us."<|quote|>"That dark girl married a Moor... It'... | grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last... | it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his ... | bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stop... | him and trumpets were sounding along the walls, saluting his arrival; from bastion to bastion the message ran to the four points of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in the orchards at Hetton. Gilded cupolas and spires of alabaster... | at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Yes." | Mr Todd | some kind of cycling club?"<|quote|>"Yes."</|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired | you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?"<|quote|>"Yes."</|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it | bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?"<|quote|>"Yes."</|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired for... | you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey... | harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't... | of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me f... | points of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in the orchards at Hetton. Gilded cupolas and spires of alabaster shone in the sunlight. Ambrose announced, "The City is served." CHAPTER VI DU C?T? DE CHEZ TODD Although Mr Todd had live... | Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous ma... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." | Tony Last | kind of cycling club?" "Yes."<|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here."</|quote|>"No, you must come as | all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes."<|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here."</|quote|>"No, you must come as far as the house. It's | about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes."<|quote|>"Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... ne... | better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'... | with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... exce... | his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for ... | of the compass; petals of almond and apple blossom were in the air; they carpeted the way, as, after a summer storm, they lay in the orchards at Hetton. Gilded cupolas and spires of alabaster shone in the sunlight. Ambrose announced, "The City is served." CHAPTER VI DU C?T? DE CHEZ TODD Although Mr Todd had lived in Am... | way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." | Mr Todd | and noisier... Let's stop here."<|quote|>"No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther."</|quote|>"All right... I suppose you | bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here."<|quote|>"No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther."</|quote|>"All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting | us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here."<|quote|>"No, you must come as far as t... | eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's ve... | Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. W... | eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechani... | at Hetton. Gilded cupolas and spires of alabaster shone in the sunlight. Ambrose announced, "The City is served." CHAPTER VI DU C?T? DE CHEZ TODD Although Mr Todd had lived in Amazonas for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, ... | over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium pla... | A Handful Of Dust |
"All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." | Tony Last | It's not very much farther."<|quote|>"All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here."</|quote|>They went very slowly, but | as far as the house. It's not very much farther."<|quote|>"All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here."</|quote|>They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. | I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther."<|quote|>"All right... I suppose you wou... | is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Wel... | ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very ki... | when Todd approached and addressed him in English. "You're the first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back t... | "The City is served." CHAPTER VI DU C?T? DE CHEZ TODD Although Mr Todd had lived in Amazonas for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhoo... | shot-gun. The few commodities which he employed from the outside world came to him through a long succession of traders, passed from hand to hand, bartered for in a dozen languages at the extreme end of one of the longest threads in the web of commerce that spreads from Man?os into the remote fastness of the forest. On... | A Handful Of Dust |
They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. | No speaker | some difficulty getting petrol here."<|quote|>They went very slowly, but at length reached the house.</|quote|>"Lie there in the hammock." | I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here."<|quote|>They went very slowly, but at length reached the house.</|quote|>"Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's | too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here."<|quote|>They went very slowl... | You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fell... | bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go... | who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new frien... | Mr Todd had lived in Amazonas for nearly six years, no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. Th... | canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talki... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Lie there in the hammock." | Mr Todd | at length reached the house.<|quote|>"Lie there in the hammock."</|quote|>"That's what Messinger said. He's | They went very slowly, but at length reached the house.<|quote|>"Lie there in the hammock."</|quote|>"That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." | ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house.<|quote|>"Lie there in the hammock.... | care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faste... | colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat si... | won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You... | no one except a few families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on any map;... | cartridges, a Pie-wie came to him with the news that a white man was approaching through the forest, alone and very sick. He closed the cartridge and loaded his gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached hi... | A Handful Of Dust |
"That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." | Tony Last | "Lie there in the hammock."<|quote|>"That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver."</|quote|>"I will get something for | at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock."<|quote|>"That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver."</|quote|>"I will get something for you." "Very good of you. | you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock."<|quote|>"That's what Messinger said... | round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's sto... | as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say... | by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have s... | families of Pie-wie Indians was aware of his existence. His house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on any map; it ran through rapi... | your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I will get something for you." | Mr Todd | in love with John Beaver."<|quote|>"I will get something for you."</|quote|>"Very good of you. Just | "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver."<|quote|>"I will get something for you."</|quote|>"Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, | you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver."<|quote|>"I will get something for ... | "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It'... | grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last... | she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top h... | house stood in a small savannah, one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on any map; it ran through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassa... | savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ y... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..." | Tony Last | will get something for you."<|quote|>"Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..."</|quote|>Mr Todd went into the | love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you."<|quote|>"Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..."</|quote|>Mr Todd went into the back room of the house | the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you."<|quote|>"Very good of you.... | It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All rig... | a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you... rotten thing for a man to have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to... | mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss he... | one of those little patches of sand and grass that crop up occasionally in that neighbourhood, three miles or so across, bounded on all sides by forest. The stream which watered it was not marked on any map; it ran through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassable, to join the upper waters of ... | gun with it, put those that were finished into his pocket and set out in the direction indicated. The man was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that ... | A Handful Of Dust |
Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. | No speaker | will have it with her..."<|quote|>Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily.</|quote... | Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..."<|quote|>Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammoc... | the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..."<|quote|>Mr Todd went into the back ... | you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hamm... | have his wife go away in a canoe. That was a long time ago. Nothing to eat since." Presently he said, "I say, you're English. I'm English too. My name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you al... | her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manag... | The stream which watered it was not marked on any map; it ran through rapids, always dangerous and at most seasons of the year impassable, to join the upper waters of the river where Dr Messinger had come to grief. None of the inhabitants of the district, except Mr Todd, had ever heard of the governments of Brazil or D... | first person who's spoken to me for days," said Tony. "The others won't stop. They keep bicycling by... I'm tired... Brenda was with me at first but she was frightened by a mechanical mouse, so she took the canoe and went off. She said she would come back that evening but she didn't. I expect she's staying with one of ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise... | Tony Last | astride the hammock, talking angrily.<|quote|>"...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. ... | his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily.<|quote|>"...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not lis... | back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily.<|quote|>"...You would hear better and it would be more polite i... | the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..." Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a t... | Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier.... | house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromi... | governments of Brazil or Dutch Guiana, both of which from time to time claimed its possession. Mr Todd's house was larger than those of his neighbours, but similar in character--a palm thatch roof, breast-high walls of mud and wattle, and a mud floor. He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the sav... | Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed ... | A Handful Of Dust |
Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. | No speaker | Beaver under the fallen battlements..."<|quote|>Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head.</|quote|>"Nasty medicine," he said, and | be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..."<|quote|>Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head.</|quote|>"Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd | the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..."<|quote|>Mr Todd put a hand be... | quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has ... | bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be care... | rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicyc... | was already clear of the bush when Mr Todd reached him, sitting on the ground, clearly in a very bad way. He was without hat or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by in... | across the savannah at Mr Todd's hut. "Architecture harmonizing with local character," he said, "indigenous material employed throughout. Don't let Mrs Beaver see it or she will cover it with chromium plating." "Try and walk." Mr Todd hoisted Tony to his feet and supported him with a stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle.... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Nasty medicine," | Tony Last | and turned away his head.<|quote|>"Nasty medicine,"</|quote|>he said, and began to | in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head.<|quote|>"Nasty medicine,"</|quote|>he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by | a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head.<|quote|>"Nasty medicine,"</|quote|>he said, an... | is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitabl... | instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as bef... | It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All rig... | or boots, and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and... | John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..." Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixt... | A Handful Of Dust |
he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. So... | No speaker | away his head. "Nasty medicine,"<|quote|>he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony la... | calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine,"<|quote|>he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the d... | each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine,"<|quote|>he said, and began to cry. M... | reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for ... | walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But sh... | lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I su... | and his clothes were so torn that it was only by the dampness of his body that they adhered to it; his feet were cut and grossly swollen; every exposed surface of skin was scarred by insect and bat bites; his eyes were wild with fever. He was talking to himself in delirium but stopped when Todd approached and addressed... | addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends aft... | A Handful Of Dust |
"It's very nasty," | Tony Last | him regularly with herbal remedies.<|quote|>"It's very nasty,"</|quote|>said Tony, "but it does | comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies.<|quote|>"It's very nasty,"</|quote|>said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine | At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies.<|quote|>"I... | shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his... | forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's ... | her..." Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it ... | of her new friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can ma... | good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly dur... | A Handful Of Dust |
said Tony, | No speaker | herbal remedies. "It's very nasty,"<|quote|>said Tony,</|quote|>"but it does do good." | Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty,"<|quote|>said Tony,</|quote|>"but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything | of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty,"<|quote... | the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped an... | is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up th... | went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more po... | friends in Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to wal... | talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, s... | A Handful Of Dust |
"but it does do good." | Tony Last | "It's very nasty," said Tony,<|quote|>"but it does do good."</|quote|>"There is medicine for everything | him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony,<|quote|>"but it does do good."</|quote|>"There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr | alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony,<|quote|... | Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscio... | There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction o... | the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if yo... | Brazil... You haven't seen her, have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If... | fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier... Let's stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock.... | A Handful Of Dust |
"There is medicine for everything in the forest," | Mr Todd | "but it does do good."<|quote|>"There is medicine for everything in the forest,"</|quote|>said Mr Todd; "to make | "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good."<|quote|>"There is medicine for everything in the forest,"</|quote|>said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make | temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good."<|quote|>"There is m... | until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. Th... | Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabas... | house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I ... | have you?" "You are the first stranger I have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to... | I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good of you. Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the mor... | A Handful Of Dust |
said Mr Todd; | No speaker | for everything in the forest,"<|quote|>said Mr Todd;</|quote|>"to make you well and | do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest,"<|quote|>said Mr Todd;</|quote|>"to make you well and to make you ill. My | most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest,"<|quote|>said Mr Todd... | out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally oc... | converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty ... | a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a ... | have seen for a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the sav... | Just my usual morning tray--coffee, toast, fruit. And the morning papers. If her Ladyship has been called I will have it with her..." Mr Todd went into the back room of the house and dragged a tin canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to... | A Handful Of Dust |
"to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with you... | Mr Todd | the forest," said Mr Todd;<|quote|>"to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can ... | is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd;<|quote|>"to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to in... | days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd;<|quote|>"to make you... | on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the... | flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said... | skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It... | a very long time." "She was wearing a top hat when she left. You can't miss her." Then he began talking to someone at Mr Todd's side, who was not there. "Do you see that house over there? Do you think you can manage to walk to it? If not, I can send some Indians to carry you." Tony squinted across the savannah at Mr To... | Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and noisier.... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But surely you are English?" | Tony Last | have not seen it done."<|quote|>"But surely you are English?"</|quote|>"My father was--at least a | begun to stink, but I have not seen it done."<|quote|>"But surely you are English?"</|quote|>"My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana | that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done."<|quote|>"But surely you are English?"</|quote|>"My father was--at least a Barbad... | you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree... | back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics,... | hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner... | stout arm. "I'll ride your bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you ... | the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver un... | A Handful Of Dust |
"My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they o... | Mr Todd | "But surely you are English?"<|quote|>"My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savann... | have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?"<|quote|>"My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and wom... | out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?"<|quote|>"My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a miss... | an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines e... | quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of com... | will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I h... | bicycle. It _was_ you I passed just now on a bicycle, wasn't it?... except that your beard is a different colour. His was green... green as mice." Mr Todd led Tony across the hummocks of grass towards the house. "It is a very short way. When we get there I will give you something to make you better." "Very kind of you.... | by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * T... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Yes, of course." | Tony Last | of education. Can you read?"<|quote|>"Yes, of course."</|quote|>"It is not everyone who | died. He was a man of education. Can you read?"<|quote|>"Yes, of course."</|quote|>"It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." | Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?"<|quote|>"Yes, of course."</|quote|>"It is not everyone who is so fortunate... | you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. ... | My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There a... | bathroom. Very suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding t... | name is Last." "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes."... | quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of com... | A Handful Of Dust |
"It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." | Mr Todd | you read?" "Yes, of course."<|quote|>"It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot."</|quote|>Tony laughed apologetically. "But I | a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course."<|quote|>"It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot."</|quote|>Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity | men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course."<|quote|>"It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot."</|quote|... | "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they o... | an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines e... | for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently T... | "Well, Mr Last, you aren't to bother about anything more. You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel ... | of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three ... | A Handful Of Dust |
Tony laughed apologetically. | No speaker | is so fortunate. I cannot."<|quote|>Tony laughed apologetically.</|quote|>"But I suppose you haven't | "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot."<|quote|>Tony laughed apologetically.</|quote|>"But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, | That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot."<|quote|>Tony laughed apologetically.</|quote|>"But I suppose you haven'... | as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My fath... | have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possi... | Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and sh... | You're ill and you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fell... | I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a... | A Handful Of Dust |
"But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." | Tony Last | I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically.<|quote|>"But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here."</|quote|>"Oh yes, that is just | everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically.<|quote|>"But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here."</|quote|>"Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ | they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically.<|quote|>"But I suppose you haven't much opportunity he... | He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a gre... | from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead pe... | the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly... | you've had a rough journey. I'll take care of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to ge... | "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to k... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." | Mr Todd | you haven't much opportunity here."<|quote|>"Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me... | laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here."<|quote|>"Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every ... | the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here."<|quote|>"Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great... | he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since... | are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to s... | behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him u... | of you." Tony looked round him. "Are you all English?" "Yes, all of us." "That dark girl married a Moor... It's very lucky I met you all. I suppose you're some kind of cycling club?" "Yes." "Well, I feel too tired for bicycling... never liked it much... you fellows ought to get motor bicycles, you know, much faster and... | alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I shall be delighted to." | Tony Last | me when you are better."<|quote|>"I shall be delighted to."</|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to | died. You shall read to me when you are better."<|quote|>"I shall be delighted to."</|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding | books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better."<|quote|>"I shall be delighted to."</|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to m... | not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Unti... | after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had... | then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less freque... | stop here." "No, you must come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get somet... | rations of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Yes, you shall read to me," | Mr Todd | "I shall be delighted to."<|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to me,"</|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, nodding over | me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to."<|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to me,"</|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early | when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to."<|quote|>"Yes, you shall read to me,"</|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, n... | died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was... | stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men an... | dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring ... | come as far as the house. It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good ... | love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank... | A Handful Of Dust |
Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at sundown, leavi... | No speaker | you shall read to me,"<|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd ret... | shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me,"<|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed wi... | years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me,"<|quote|>Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the earl... | education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at lea... | it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this sava... | Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the... | It's not very much farther." "All right... I suppose you would have some difficulty getting petrol here." They went very slowly, but at length reached the house. "Lie there in the hammock." "That's what Messinger said. He's in love with John Beaver." "I will get something for you." "Very good of you. Just my usual morn... | suitable for base love. And Polly will be there. She and Mrs Beaver under the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Pr... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I will show you the black man's grave," | Mr Todd | little stroll around the farm.<|quote|>"I will show you the black man's grave,"</|quote|>he said, leading him to | Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm.<|quote|>"I will show you the black man's grave,"</|quote|>he said, leading him to a mound between the mango | twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm.<|quote|>"I will show you the black... | "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without... | not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Unti... | in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick ... | canister from under a heap of skins. It was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of... | the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days of fever grew less frequent, finally occurring in the normal system of the tropics, between... | A Handful Of Dust |
he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. | No speaker | you the black man's grave,"<|quote|>he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees.</|quote|>"He was very kind. Every | the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave,"<|quote|>he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees.</|quote|>"He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for | retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave,"<|quote|>he said, leading him to a mound between ... | read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at s... | a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishma... | you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands l... | was full of a mixture of dried leaf and bark. He took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for yo... | an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines e... | A Handful Of Dust |
"He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" | Mr Todd | mound between the mango trees.<|quote|>"He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?"</|quote|>"I suppose so. I've never | said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees.<|quote|>"He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?"</|quote|>"I suppose so. I've never really thought about i... | wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees.<|quote|>"He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for t... | the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping ... | is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Geor... | Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even... | took a handful and went outside to the fire. When he returned his guest was bolt upright astride the hammock, talking angrily. "...You would hear better and it would be more polite if you stood still when I addressed you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you a... | the tropics, between long periods of comparative health. Mr Todd dosed him regularly with herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." | Tony Last | Do you believe in God?"<|quote|>"I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much."</|quote|>"I have thought about it | and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?"<|quote|>"I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much."</|quote|>"I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I | he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?"<|quote|>"I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much... | retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mang... | better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. Duri... | snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at l... | you instead of walking round in a circle. It is for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as... | you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it don... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." | Mr Todd | really thought about it much."<|quote|>"I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did."</|quote|>"I suppose so." "Oh yes, | "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much."<|quote|>"I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did."</|quote|>"I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all | trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much."<|quote|>"I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I s... | handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for... | a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversa... | out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. ... | for your own good that I am telling you... I know you are friends of my wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go awa... | is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate... | A Handful Of Dust |
"I suppose so." | Tony Last | do not know... Dickens did."<|quote|>"I suppose so."</|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent | _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did."<|quote|>"I suppose so."</|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You | read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did."<|quote|>"I suppose so."</|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent ... | that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death... | to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and ... | I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then h... | wife and that is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of... | you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." | Mr Todd | Dickens did." "I suppose so."<|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see."</|quote|>That afternoon Mr Todd began | I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so."<|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see."</|quote|>That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece | I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so."<|quote|>"Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You... | the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arriv... | day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking abo... | know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my... | is why you will not listen to me. But be careful. She will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of farine... Lis... | the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscious even when most ill. The days... | A Handful Of Dust |
That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, | No speaker | his books. You will see."<|quote|>That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said,</|quote|>"Now I think ... | it is apparent in all his books. You will see."<|quote|>That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said,<... | your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see."<|quote|>That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of... | farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. ... | better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. The days, exactly twelve hours each, passe... | life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I hav... | will say nothing cruel, she will not raise her voice, there will be no hard words. She hopes you will be great friends afterwards as before. But she will leave you. She will go away quietly during the night. She will take her hammock and her rations of farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reaso... | well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he l... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Now I think you are well enough to see the books." | Mr Todd | without fever, Mr Todd said,<|quote|>"Now I think you are well enough to see the books."</|quote|>At one end of the | six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said,<|quote|>"Now I think you are well enough to see the books."</|quote|>At one end of the hut there was a kind | will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said,<|quote|>"Now I think you are well enough to s... | death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction ... | The days, exactly twelve hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you... | gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of educatio... | farine... Listen to me. I know I am not clever but that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three gui... | so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There are medicines even I do not know. They say that it is possible to bring dead people to life after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came t... | A Handful Of Dust |
At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles ther... | No speaker | enough to see the books."<|quote|>At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over... | I think you are well enough to see the books."<|quote|>At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of th... | headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I think you are well enough to see the books."<|quote|>At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft ... | "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large sp... | retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mang... | but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone w... | that is no reason why we should forget all courtesy. Let us kill in the gentlest manner. I will tell you what I have learned in the forest, where time is different. There is no City. Mrs Beaver has covered it with chromium plating and converted it into flats. Three guineas a week, each with a separate bathroom. Very su... | "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to k... | A Handful Of Dust |
"It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful." | Mr Todd | palm leaf and raw hide.<|quote|>"It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful."</|quote|>He unwrapped the nearest parcel | there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide.<|quote|>"It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful."</|quote|>He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound | roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide.<|quote|>"It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants.... | At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I think you are well enough to see the books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still... | he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all... | "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall rea... | the fallen battlements..." Mr Todd put a hand behind Tony's head and held up the concoction of herbs in the calabash. Tony sipped and turned away his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly... | after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had... | A Handful Of Dust |
He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_. | No speaker | Indians make that is useful."<|quote|>He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_.</|quote|>"It does not matter which | there is an oil the Indians make that is useful."<|quote|>He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_.</|quote|>"It does not matter which we take first." "You are | at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful."<|quote|>He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound ... | books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bund... | God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a la... | are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. ... | his head. "Nasty medicine," he said, and began to cry. Mr Todd stood by him holding the calabash. Presently Tony drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the... | for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you b... | A Handful Of Dust |
"It does not matter which we take first." | Mr Todd | American edition of _Bleak House_.<|quote|>"It does not matter which we take first."</|quote|>"You are fond of Dickens?" | book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_.<|quote|>"It does not matter which we take first."</|quote|>"You are fond of Dickens?" "Why, yes, of course. More | leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful." He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_.<|quote|>"It does not matter which we take first.... | the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms ... | I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or ... | Georgetown. He died. He used to read to me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock... | drank some more, screwing up his face and shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of l... | mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes... | A Handful Of Dust |
"You are fond of Dickens?" | Tony Last | matter which we take first."<|quote|>"You are fond of Dickens?"</|quote|>"Why, yes, of course. More | _Bleak House_. "It does not matter which we take first."<|quote|>"You are fond of Dickens?"</|quote|>"Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You | to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful." He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_. "It does not matter which we take first."<|quote|>"You are fond of Dickens?"</|quote|... | a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed... | suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, ... | me every day until he died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thi... | shuddering slightly at the bitterness. Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his... | have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like met... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many chang... | Mr Todd | "You are fond of Dickens?"<|quote|>"Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed... | matter which we take first." "You are fond of Dickens?"<|quote|>"Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always m... | and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful." He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Bleak House_. "It does not matter which we take first." "You are fond of Dickens?"<|quote|>"Why, yes, of course. More tha... | mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil th... | is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I thin... | died. You shall read to me when you are better." "I shall be delighted to." "Yes, you shall read to me," Mr Todd repeated, nodding over the calabash. During the early days of his convalescence Tony had little conversation with his host, he lay in the hammock staring up at the thatched roof and thinking about Brenda. Th... | Mr Todd stood beside him until the draught was finished; then he threw out the dregs on to the mud floor. Tony lay back in the hammock sobbing quietly. Soon he fell into a deep sleep. * * * * * Tony's recovery was slow. At first, days of lucidity alternated with delirium; then his temperature dropped and he was conscio... | after they have begun to stink, but I have not seen it done." "But surely you are English?" "My father was--at least a Barbadian. He came to Guiana as a missionary. He was married to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Well," | Tony Last | them all--more than two years."<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>said Tony lightly, "they will | a long time to read them all--more than two years."<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my visit." | now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years."<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>said Tony lightly, "they wi... | take first." "You are fond of Dickens?" "Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and no... | Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practica... | time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his ... | herbal remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and giv... | the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose ... | A Handful Of Dust |
said Tony lightly, | No speaker | all--more than two years." "Well,"<|quote|>said Tony lightly,</|quote|>"they will well last out | long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well,"<|quote|>said Tony lightly,</|quote|>"they will well last out my visit." "Oh, I hope | but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well,"<|quote|>said Tony lightly,</|quote|>"they will w... | first." "You are fond of Dickens?" "Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed... | propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically d... | that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death... | remedies. "It's very nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you f... | enough to see the books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"they will well last out my visit." | Tony Last | years." "Well," said Tony lightly,<|quote|>"they will well last out my visit."</|quote|>"Oh, I hope not. It | read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly,<|quote|>"they will well last out my visit."</|quote|>"Oh, I hope not. It is delightful to start again. | get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly,<|quote|>"they will well last out my visit... | fond of Dickens?" "Why, yes, of course. More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many charact... | against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But the... | the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arriv... | nasty," said Tony, "but it does do good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and... | so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago there was an Englishman--at least a black man, but he was well educated in Georgetown. He died. He use... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Oh, I hope not. It is delightful to start again. Each time I think I find more to enjoy and admire." | Mr Todd | well last out my visit."<|quote|>"Oh, I hope not. It is delightful to start again. Each time I think I find more to enjoy and admire."</|quote|>They took down the first | said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my visit."<|quote|>"Oh, I hope not. It is delightful to start again. Each time I think I find more to enjoy and admire."</|quote|>They took down the first volume of _Bleak House_ and | be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my visit."<|quote|>"Oh, I hope not. It is delightfu... | More than fond, far more. You see, they are the only books I have ever heard. My father used to read them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many w... | unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platform and Tony stood at the top of the ladder looking over. There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful.... | a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," he said, leading him to a mound between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you belie... | good." "There is medicine for everything in the forest," said Mr Todd; "to make you well and to make you ill. My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes,... | since he died. He was a man of education. Can you read?" "Yes, of course." "It is not everyone who is so fortunate. I cannot." Tony laughed apologetically. "But I suppose you haven't much opportunity here." "Oh yes, that is just it. I have a _great_ many books. I will show you when you are better. Until five years ago ... | A Handful Of Dust |
They took down the first volume of _Bleak House_ and that afternoon Tony had his first reading. He had always rather enjoyed reading aloud and in the first year of marriage had shared several books in this way with Brenda, until one day, in a moment of frankness, she remarked that it was torture to her. He had read to ... | No speaker | more to enjoy and admire."<|quote|>They took down the first volume of _Bleak House_ and that afternoon Tony had his first reading. He had always rather enjoyed reading aloud and in the first year of marriage had shared several books in this way with Brenda, until one day, in a moment of frankness, she remarked that it ... | time I think I find more to enjoy and admire."<|quote|>They took down the first volume of _Bleak House_ and that afternoon Tony had his first reading. He had always rather enjoyed reading aloud and in the first year of marriage had shared several books in this way with Brenda, until one day, in a moment of frankness, s... | except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my visit." "Oh, I hope not. It is delightful to start again. Each time I think I find more to enjoy and admire."<|quote|>They took down the first volume of _Bleak House_ ... | them and then later the black man... and now you. I have heard them all several times by now but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to ... | There was a heap of bundles there, tied up with rag, palm leaf and raw hide. "It has been hard to keep out the worms and ants. Two are practically destroyed. But there is an oil the Indians make that is useful." He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book. It was an early American edition of _Blea... | between the mango trees. "He was very kind. Every afternoon until he died, for two hours, he used to read to me. I think I will put up a cross--to commemorate his death and your arrival--a pretty idea. Do you believe in God?" "I suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ de... | My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. I have learned others from time to time from my wives. There are plants to cure you and give you fever, to kill you and send you mad, to keep away snakes, to intoxicate fish so that you can pick them out of the water with your hands like fruit from a tree. There a... | hours each, passed without distinction. Mr Todd retired to sleep at sundown, leaving a little lamp burning--a handwoven wick drooping from a pot of beef fat--to keep away vampire bats. The first time that Tony left the house Mr Todd took him for a little stroll around the farm. "I will show you the black man's grave," ... | A Handful Of Dust |
"Repeat the name, I have forgotten him," | Mr Todd | was introduced he would say,<|quote|>"Repeat the name, I have forgotten him,"</|quote|>or "Yes, yes, I remember | Often when a new character was introduced he would say,<|quote|>"Repeat the name, I have forgotten him,"</|quote|>or "Yes, yes, I remember her well. She dies, poor | the child sat before the nursery fender eating his supper. But Mr Todd was a unique audience. The old man sat astride his hammock opposite Tony, fixing him throughout with his eyes, and following the words, soundlessly, with his lips. Often when a new character was introduced he would say,<|quote|>"Repeat the name, I h... | always rather enjoyed reading aloud and in the first year of marriage had shared several books in this way with Brenda, until one day, in a moment of frankness, she remarked that it was torture to her. He had read to John Andrew, late in the afternoon, in winter, while the child sat before the nursery fender eating his... | but I never get tired; there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my v... | Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I think you are well enough to see the books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady afte... | to a white woman but he left her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is n... | suppose so. I've never really thought about it much." "I have thought about it a _great_ deal and I still do not know... Dickens did." "I suppose so." "Oh yes, it is apparent in all his books. You will see." That afternoon Mr Todd began the construction of a headpiece for the Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke... | A Handful Of Dust |
or | No speaker | name, I have forgotten him,"<|quote|>or</|quote|>"Yes, yes, I remember her | he would say, "Repeat the name, I have forgotten him,"<|quote|>or</|quote|>"Yes, yes, I remember her well. She dies, poor woman." | eating his supper. But Mr Todd was a unique audience. The old man sat astride his hammock opposite Tony, fixing him throughout with his eyes, and following the words, soundlessly, with his lips. Often when a new character was introduced he would say, "Repeat the name, I have forgotten him,"<|quote|>or</|quote|>"Yes, ye... | the first year of marriage had shared several books in this way with Brenda, until one day, in a moment of frankness, she remarked that it was torture to her. He had read to John Andrew, late in the afternoon, in winter, while the child sat before the nursery fender eating his supper. But Mr Todd was a unique audience.... | always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words... I have all Dickens's books here except those that the ants devoured. It takes a long time to read them all--more than two years." "Well," said Tony lightly, "they will well last out my visit." "Oh, I hope not. It is de... | nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I think you are well enough to see the books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform erected in the eaves of the roof. Mr Todd propped a ladder against it and mounted. Tony followed, still unsteady after his illness. Mr Todd sat on the platfor... | her in Guiana to look for gold. Then he took my mother. The Pie-wie women are ugly but very devoted. I have had many. Most of the men and women living in this savannah are my children. That is why they obey--for that reason and because I have the gun. My father lived to a great age. It is not twenty years since he died... | Negro's grave. He worked with a large spoke-shave in a wood so hard that it grated and rang like metal. At last, when Tony had passed six or seven consecutive nights without fever, Mr Todd said, "Now I think you are well enough to see the books." At one end of the hut there was a kind of loft formed by a rough platform... | A Handful Of Dust |
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