"We pursued separate aims which brought us near to one another, but we remained strangers. She told me later that she had made a kind of note of me in her mind, as, scanning the shelf for a particular book, one will sometimes have one's attention caught by another, take it down, glance at the title page and, saying 'I must read that, too, when I've the time,' replace it, and continue the search."
~ Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Book II, Chapter II, page 162
3 comments:
great teaser. I have never read this book although I always think I should
What a wonderful teaser. I was very young when iread this book and it really is time for a re-read!
I have never read this book, but I think your teaser may hvae convinced me to.
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