[SOC] Special thought for my Rosbeef Friends

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Hello agn,

Being one of those numerous "Parisians" spending at least 3 hours in public 
transports per day (to/from working place), I have some "free time" for reading.

I am presently "visiting" some strange land called Caspak. And here is 
something read this morning I would like to dedicate to Paul & Chris (and all 
Friends who feel concerned) :

<< BEGIN OF QUOTE 

"Luata!" she exclaimed."How came you here ?"
Bradley shrugged."Here I am", he said;"but the thing now is to get out of here--
both of us".

The girl shook her head. "It cannot be", she stated sadly.

"That is what I thought when they dropped me into the Blue Place of Seven 
Skulls," replied Bradley. "Can't be done. I did it.--Here! You're mussing up 
the floor something awful, you".This last to the dead Wieroo as he stooped and 
dragged the corpse to the central shaft, where he raised it to the aperture and 
let it slip into the tube. Then he picked up the head and tossed it after the 
body. "Don't be so glum," he admonished the former as he carried it toward the 
well; "smile!"

"But how can he smile ?" questionned the girl, a half-puzzled, half-frighteneed 
look upon her face. "He is dead".

"That's so," admitted Bradley,"and I suppose he does feel a bit cut up about 
it".

The girl shook her head and edged away from the man--toward the door.

"Come!" said the Englishman. "We've got to get out of here. If you don't know a 
better way than the river, it's the river then."

The girl still eyed him askance. "But how could he smile when he was dead ?"

Bradley laughed aloud. "I thought we English were supposed to have the least 
sense of humor of any people in the world," he cried;"but now I've found one 
human being who hasn't any.(...)"

END OF QUOTE >>

in "Out of time's Abyss" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

;o)

72!
Claude