When the skirmishes descended into the caves and the darkness then we found ourselves, as it were, out of our depth and in over our heads. As long as the fighting remained in the hills and mountains, we fought on an equai footing. I had been sent into those hills, attached to the Nth Regiment. The gods and men of Afghanistan were savages, unwilling to be ruled from Whitehall or from Berlin or even from Moscow, and unprepared to see reason.

And I had indeed, as he had observed, been tortured. Put like that, of course, it was absurdly simple. You also have a military bearing, and there are few enough places in the Empire that a military man can be both tanned and, given the nature of the injury to your shoulder and the traditions of the Afghan cave-folk, tortured.' 'From the way you hold your arm, I see you have been wounded, and in a particular way. 'Not really,' said the stranger in the white lab-coat, who was to become my friend. 'You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive,' that was what he said to me, and my mouth fell open and my eyes opened very wide. We were introduced by a mutual acquaintance, in the chemical laboratories of St.

I wanted someone to share the cost of rooms with me. The darkness of dreams.īut I am woolgathering. Fresh From Their Stupendous European Tour, where they performed before several CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE, garnering their plaudits and praise with magnificent dramatic performances, combining both COMEDY and TRAGEDY, the Strand Players wish to make it known that they shall be appearing at the Royal Court Theatre, Drury Lane, for a LIMITED ENGAGEMENT in April, at which they will present 'My Look-Alike Brother Tom!', 'The Littlest Violet-Seller' and 'The Great Old Ones Come' (this last an Historical Epic of Pageantry and Delight) each an entire play in one act! Tickets are available now from the Box Office.

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