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Ingenuity was a quality young Lord Nathaniel Sandiford possessed in abundance, along with a flagrant tendency to flout any rules defining the limits within which scholars at Eton were expected to conduct themselves.
The particular scheme Nathaniel had devised, on this occasion, was to escort a group of senior scholars to Town. In so doing they would be taking a day off from their Read more of this blog post »
Ingenuity was a quality young Lord Nathaniel Sandiford possessed in abundance, along with a flagrant tendency to flout any rules defining the limits within which scholars at Eton were expected to conduct themselves.
The particular scheme Nathaniel had devised, on this occasion, was to escort a group of senior scholars to Town. In so doing they would be taking a day off from their Read more of this blog post »
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“So you’ve been capturing mice and releasing them here?”
“Yes, anything wrong with that?”
“The thing is, if they’re house mice, they’ll just go on back home. You’ve probably been catching the same ones each day.”
She considered for a moment and he tried very hard not to laugh. “I doubt it. The place is overrun with them. It’s really not up to standard. I suspect the landlord’s name is Rackman.”
― Town Meets Country
“Yes, anything wrong with that?”
“The thing is, if they’re house mice, they’ll just go on back home. You’ve probably been catching the same ones each day.”
She considered for a moment and he tried very hard not to laugh. “I doubt it. The place is overrun with them. It’s really not up to standard. I suspect the landlord’s name is Rackman.”
― Town Meets Country
“It is good diplomacy to allow our rulers their customs without adopting them ourselves.”
― The Regiment's Forgotten Daughter
― The Regiment's Forgotten Daughter
“Now, about your timetable. It may spread out a little more than you thought. They want me to visit the palace and see it for myself. We’re to go in the Emir’s yacht, leaving tonight.”
― Home and Abroad: Three Contemporary Romantic Short Stories
― Home and Abroad: Three Contemporary Romantic Short Stories
“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
