[The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan]@TWC D-Link bookThe Pool in the Desert CHAPTER 2 12/19
Have you seen it? "Our Camp in Tirah." Natives cooking in the foreground, fellows standing about smoking, and a whole pile of tinned stores dumped down in one corner, exactly as they would be, don't you know! Oh, I think the Committee made a very good choice indeed, a very good choice.' Sir William moved on, and Dora was free to send me an expressive glance. 'Isn't that just LIKE this place ?' she demanded.
'Let me see, the Viceroy's medal, the Society's silver medal, five prizes from Members of Council.
Highly Commended's as thick as blackberries, and these perfectly fresh, original, admirable things completely ignored.
What an absurd, impossible corner of the earth it is!' 'You look very cross, you two,' said Mrs.Sinclair, trailing past.
'Come and see the crazy china exhibit, all made of little bits, you know.
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