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Nor again can the best of athletes go swiftly up a ladder if he carries a priceless violin in one hand and its equally priceless bow in his teeth, and handicaps himself with varnished leather buttoned boots. They climbed, the one below the other. |
This is from “The Legs of Sister Ursula” collected in the Burwash Edition (Vol. 30), and the Sussex Edition (Vol. 23) – more details here. Sister Ursula, in attempting to prolong the life of a private patient is making an extraordinary attempt to reach him. Her fellow climber on the ladder has decided that the building is on fire and is heading for the roof. |
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