“ It is a disagreeable thing when one's close friend is not one's social equal ”
George Orwell, Burmese Days (1934). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | Burmese Days |
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| Date | 1934 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200051.txt |
Context
“Flory looked away over the veranda rail. He had got up as though to go. It always made him ashamed and uncomfortable when it had to be admitted between them that the doctor, because of his black skin, could not be received in the Club. It is a disagreeable thing when one's close friend is not one's social equal; but it is a thing native to the very air of India.
'They might elect you at the next general meeting,' he said. 'I don't say they will, but it's not impossible.'
'I trust, Mr Flory, that you do not think I am asking you to propose me for the Club?”
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