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Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play. AWFUL THINGS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO GEORGIE BUT FOR THE LITTLE FACT THAT HE HAD NEVER STUDIED THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE GAME HE WAS EXPECTED TO PLAY
im a dinner on the eve of his departure to England. (A year’s leave was among the things he had “snaffled out of the campaign,” to use his own words.) The doctor, who had taken quite as much as was good for him, quoted poetry about “a good blade carving the casques of men,” and so on, and everybody told Cottar that he was an excellent person; but when he rose to make his maiden speech they shouted so that he was understood to say, “It isn’t any use tryin’ to speak with you chaps rottin’ me like this. Let’s have some pool.” It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior. P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners. There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.  SECTION THREE OF THE BRUSHWOOD BOY BY ROGYARD KIPLING THIS LIEBREVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY LEOMELIE IT IS NOT UNPLEASANT TO SPEND EIGHT AND TWENTY DAYS IN AN EASY GOING STEAMER ON WARM WATERS IN THE COMPANY OF A WOMAN WHO LETS YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE HEAD AND SHOULDERS SUPERIOR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD EVEN THOUGH THAT WOMAN MAY BE AND OFTEN IS TEN COUNTED YEARS YOUR SENIOR PIANO BOATS ARE NOT LIGHTED WITH THE DISGUSTFUL PARTICULARITY OF ATLANTIC LINERS THERE IS MORE PHOSPHORESCENCE AT THE BOWS AND GREATER SILENCE AND DARKNESS BY THE HAND STEERING GEAR AFT
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