killing time before i got to the largest mall in europe
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favourite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"It was as if her voice was talking on the other side of a very thick wall. It was her aspect that recalled him to himself."
"He appreciated this woman, and the sentiment of this appreciation, stirred by a display of omething resembling emotion, only added another pang to his mental anguish. When her voice ceased he moved uneasily, and said: 'I haven't been feeling well for the last few days.'"
"He might have meant this as an opening to a complete confidence; but Mrs. Verloc laid her head on the pillow again, and staring upward went on: 'That boy hears too much of what is talked about here. If I had known they were coming tonight I would have seen to it that he went to bed at the same time I did. He was out of his mind with something he overheard about eating people's flesh and drinking blood...'"
"The Secret Agent" - Joseph Conrad
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favourite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"It was as if her voice was talking on the other side of a very thick wall. It was her aspect that recalled him to himself."
"He appreciated this woman, and the sentiment of this appreciation, stirred by a display of omething resembling emotion, only added another pang to his mental anguish. When her voice ceased he moved uneasily, and said: 'I haven't been feeling well for the last few days.'"
"He might have meant this as an opening to a complete confidence; but Mrs. Verloc laid her head on the pillow again, and staring upward went on: 'That boy hears too much of what is talked about here. If I had known they were coming tonight I would have seen to it that he went to bed at the same time I did. He was out of his mind with something he overheard about eating people's flesh and drinking blood...'"
"The Secret Agent" - Joseph Conrad