“English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.”
Paul Scott“Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.”
Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown“English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.”
Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown