The Poor Mouth
“In the morning I asked him whether he was serious about the project in Tooley Street.
–Course I’m serious, he answered.
–And what are you going to do there?
–I am going to open the London University Academy. I’ll teach everything by correspondence, solve all problems, answer all questions. I might start a magazine first, and then a newspaper, but first I’ll have to build up slowly. I’ll teach the British how to learn French or cure chilblains. I’ll be a limited company, of course. Already I hav...e a solicitor working on the papers. My branch office will be the British Museum. If you like, I’ll give you a job later on.
I suppose that was generous but for some reason the offer did not immediately attract me. Dryly I said: –I’d want to get to know those railway stations you mentioned last night in case I had to skip. In a hurry.
–Don’t talk rubbish. My operations are always within the law. But the British won’t be nervous because if the bobbies were after me and managed to close the roads and railways and the river, haven’t they the Tower of London to stuff me into?MoreLess
–Course I’m serious, he answered.
–And what are you going to do there?
–I am going to open the London University Academy. I’ll teach everything by correspondence, solve all problems, answer all questions. I might start a magazine first, and then a newspaper, but first I’ll have to build up slowly. I’ll teach the British how to learn French or cure chilblains. I’ll be a limited company, of course. Already I hav...e a solicitor working on the papers. My branch office will be the British Museum. If you like, I’ll give you a job later on.
I suppose that was generous but for some reason the offer did not immediately attract me. Dryly I said: –I’d want to get to know those railway stations you mentioned last night in case I had to skip. In a hurry.
–Don’t talk rubbish. My operations are always within the law. But the British won’t be nervous because if the bobbies were after me and managed to close the roads and railways and the river, haven’t they the Tower of London to stuff me into?MoreLess
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