Appleby On Ararat (2012)
“His hands fumbled for his trousers pockets, shot futilely down his thighs, tried again, succeeded and disappeared. The new posture steadied him; he advanced again in a tolerably straight line. “Have a drink,” he said.
They looked at him in silence as one looks at something inevitable in a film. He was unshaven and his hair hung lank down to his eyes; and as they looked he kicked suddenly at air – kicked, perhaps, at some hallucinatory George immediately before him.
“Have a drink,” he re...peated. And as he spoke – challengingly, this time – he half turned as if the means of implementing the offer must be at his shoulder. The jungle baffled him; he scowled at it, seemingly flogging on his brain to work the thing out. “At the bungalow,” he said. “That’s it. Come along.” He turned about – it was another effort of the intellect – and moved in the direction from which he had come, steadying himself to look elaborately over his shoulder every few yards.MoreLess
They looked at him in silence as one looks at something inevitable in a film. He was unshaven and his hair hung lank down to his eyes; and as they looked he kicked suddenly at air – kicked, perhaps, at some hallucinatory George immediately before him.
“Have a drink,” he re...peated. And as he spoke – challengingly, this time – he half turned as if the means of implementing the offer must be at his shoulder. The jungle baffled him; he scowled at it, seemingly flogging on his brain to work the thing out. “At the bungalow,” he said. “That’s it. Come along.” He turned about – it was another effort of the intellect – and moved in the direction from which he had come, steadying himself to look elaborately over his shoulder every few yards.MoreLess
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