Saturday, October 10, 2009

Roald Dahl

The ship that was carrying me away from England to Africa in the Autumn of 1938 was called thr SS Mantola. She was an old paint-peeling tub of 9,000 tons with a single tall funnel and a vibrating engine that rattled the tea-cups in their saucers on the dining room table.
- Roald Dahl, Going Solo

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