English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language of a people who have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.

Paul Scott

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Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.

Paul Scott

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The calendar was a mathematical progression with arbitrary surprises.

Paul Scott

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