Saturday, 19 July 2008

Rain-sodden country


…even now I see the scarlet coats in the fading light, and smell the rain-sodden country, and hear the yelps of the fellows as they cheered each other on and laughed and cursed. God, it was good to be young and English then!



Royal Flash, pp.32 - 33, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.




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