(..) The writer or what he's writing about? What l really object to, Uncle is your finishing all my condensed milk. And the message everywhere in your book however slowly l read it that the best thing for lndia is to be ruled by the British. Hana, we have discovered a shared plessure, the boy and l. (..)

(..) l can't read these words. l can't read them. They stick in my throat. Because you're reading it too fsst. - Not at all. - You have to read Kipling slowly. The eye is too impatient. Think about the speed of his pen. What is it? ''He sat, comma ''in defiance of municipal orders, comma (..)