Saturday, June 23, 2012

Daily Dose

From The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India, by Thomas Mann, translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter

GUESTS

"Here he bade his guests sit down, which they hastened to do, in all modesty, well knowing that they were here only for his asceticism, so to speak, to sharpen its teeth on."

From Chapter 10

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