All this cutting people up andleaving bits of them
about the countryside.
But Idbeen a good husband and father for fifteen
years and I wasbeginning to get fed up with it.
Pleasantweather for the time of the year, sir! I
could see that because Id seenher cursed she hated me like the devil. Its quite true
Im tubby, in fact my upper half is almost exactlythe shape of a tub.
The great black bombingplane swayed a little in the
air and zoomed ahead so that Icouldnt see it. But at that moment I didnt feel like
the life and soul of theparty.
Tall stools to sit on, a kind of narrow ledge to
eat off, mirrorsall round you.
She clasped her hands behindhis head and pulled it
closer. I hooked the plug outof the bath and got partially dry as quickly as I
could. The girl at the soap counter was looking after me as I went out ofthe
door.
Its quite true Im tubby, in fact my upper half is
almost exactlythe shape of a tub. But just at that moment a queer thing
happened.
I tried a smile at myself in a shop
window.
She hadnt lighted the gas-fire, and though
thewindows were shut it was beastly cold. Butalso Ive got something else inside me,
chiefly a hangover from thepast. Theres life in the old dog yet, Ithought. Crums
lawyershad knocked the stuffing out of us in five minutes, and PlattsMeadows were
built over.
He was sticking his face, moustaches and all,almost
into hers so as to scream at her better. Like a great wilderness with no wild
beasts. Hilda is thirty-nine, and when I first knew her she looked justlike a
hare.
When I came out of the pub I felt quite
different.
Besides, hows he to knowyou arent one of the narks
the company sends round? Shes one of those people who get their mainkick in life out
of foreseeing disasters.
Its all bunk toimagine, as some people do, that a
woman looks on a fat man as justa joke.
Hilda is thirty-nine, and when I first knew her she
looked justlike a hare.
Copyright laws are changing all over the world.
When Id got the new teeth in I felt a lot better. When I got down near Charing Cross
the boys were yelling a lateredition of the evening papers.
In the end,chiefly to shut him up, I risked ten
bob, though I dont bet as ageneral rule. Its a nuisance, but there are several parts
of mybody that I cant reach nowadays.
I asked herfor penny blades and she started
fumbling in the threepenny tray.
One thing about a fat man is that hes always
popular.
You can tell how close it is by the cheer-up stuff
theyre talking about it in the newspaper. For a long time he remained kneeling
there, his head pressedagainst the softness of her belly. I suppose cabbages grow in
Havana the same as anywhereelse.
Its the first thing one buysafter ones married. I
cant honestly say that Id expected the thing to have a pleasanttaste. I had to do a
kind of sawing movementbefore I could get my teeth through the skin.