2004 - Mimi And Toutou Go Forth
2004 - Mimi And Toutou Go Forth
“They then queued up for tea and porridge, to fortify themselves for the day ahead. Some time previously, in the early hours before daylight, the porters had gathered up embers from last night’s dying fire and wrapped them in leaves, in order to preserve them for the next stopping-place. The porters had then stoked the fire for the breakfast cook-up, before heading out of camp, leaving the muzungu or white men to wake in their own good time. This they would generally do to a deafening dawn choru...s of tropical birds.
The servants Tom, Rupia and Marapandi might bring the senior officers tea in bed. Spicer, Dr Hanschell and Eastwood would then get up and attend to their personal ablutions. Part of these included Spicer’s shaving with his cut-throat razors. Tyrer combing his yellow hair and fixing his monocle in his eye had once been a familiar morning sight—but there had been no news of Piccadilly Johnny for some time.
As usual, Tait and Mollison would roll towards the porridge pot like the biblical giants Gog and Magog.MoreLess
The servants Tom, Rupia and Marapandi might bring the senior officers tea in bed. Spicer, Dr Hanschell and Eastwood would then get up and attend to their personal ablutions. Part of these included Spicer’s shaving with his cut-throat razors. Tyrer combing his yellow hair and fixing his monocle in his eye had once been a familiar morning sight—but there had been no news of Piccadilly Johnny for some time.
As usual, Tait and Mollison would roll towards the porridge pot like the biblical giants Gog and Magog.MoreLess
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