Mr. Standfast - John Buchan - Books - Independently Published - 9798687206129 - January 29, 2021
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John Buchan
Mr. Standfast

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Book Excerpt: ...e practised indifferently. Somehow or other he had got a Pilgrim's Progress, from which he seemed to extract enormous pleasure. And then at the end, quite casually, he mentioned that he had been badly wounded and that his left leg would never be much use again. After that I got frequent letters, and I wrote to him every week and sent him every kind of parcel I could think of. His letters used to make me both ashamed and happy. I had always banked on old Peter, and here he was behaving like an early Christian martyr--never a word of complaint, and just as cheery as if it were a winter morning on the high veld and we were off to ride down springbok. I knew what the loss of a leg must mean to him, for bodily fitness had always been his pride. The rest of life must have unrolled itself before him very drab and dusty to the grave. But he wrote as if he were on the top of his form and kept commiserating me on the discomforts of my job. The picture of that patient, gentle old fellow, hobbling about h...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 29, 2021
ISBN13 9798687206129
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 280
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   376 g
Language English  

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