Anodyne
Sunday, February 03, 2008
 
In across the desk: a nice two volume hardcover Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, with slipcase.

Maugham's short-short "The Verger" has more to do with Pulpfiction and my strange head than you might expect at first:

"The manager stared at him as though he were a prehistoric monster.

'And do you mean to say that you've built up this important business and amassed a fortune of thirty thousand pounds without being able to read or write? Good God, man, what would you be now if you had been able to?'

'I can tell you that, sir,' said Mr. Foreman, a little smile on his still aristocratic features. 'I'd be verger of St. Peter's, Neville Square.'"
- posted by cjb @ 12:41 PM


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