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2001-10-08

Evelyn Waugh
B. 10.03 London / D. 4.11.66 Taunton, Somerset
Second Vatican Council

Moors! Basil talked a great deal at dinner; the same large party was assembled but he kept them all silent with tales of Sakuyu savagery, partly invented, partly remembered from the days of Connolly�s confidence. �. . .shaved all the hair off her head and covered it with butter. White ants ate straight through into her skull. . .you still find blind old Europeans working with the slaves on some of the farms in the interior; they�re prisoners of war that were conveniently forgotten about when peace was made. . .the Arab word for Sakuyu means Man-without-mercy. . .when they get drink in them they go completely insane. They can stay like that for days at a time, utterly unconscious of fatigue. They�d think nothing of the road out here if they thought they�d find alcohol when they got here. May I have a drink of that whiskey?. . .�

When the men were left together at the table, the Minister said, �My boy, I don�t know how much truth there is in all you�ve been saying but I think you might not have talked like that before the ladies. If there is any danger, and I for one don�t for a moment believe there is, the ladies should be kept in ignorance of the fact.�

�Oh, I like to see them scared,� said Basil. �Pass the decanter, will you Jagger, and now, sir, what arrangements are we making for defence?�

�Arrangements for defence?�

Quotation from Black Magic (1932)

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