The Silver Trumpet Brayed

...and one meets these people who have nothing, bugger all, or at any rate so much less than I have but who are, nonetheless intelligent, in some cases educated but in all cases worldly wise and rich in things in which I am so poor.

Claude this year - he knew so much about history and when I spoke of obscure kings he knew of them and their stories and could add to them. He had nothing, was living on a campsite until a rented flat became available. All his worldly goods were there in his tent, a few shelves decorated with kitchen utensils - all these would make his home in the rented accommodation that would be his world at the end of the summer.

posted by Weasel @ 10:51 PM