The Sleeping Dictionary Quotes

Henry: [Giving Selima to John] She will be living with you.
John Truscott: As what?
Henry: She performs wifely duties.
John Truscott: What like sewing?
Henry: [pause and snicker] She performs wifely duties in the bedroom.
Selima: I sleep with you.

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Belansai: I am still the champion of ten Longhouses.
John Truscott: Oh yes, they say you can beat any girl on the river.

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Henry: You know?
Selima: I guess eventually.
Henry: It seems I only get to say goodbye.

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Selima: You won't come! They'll say you're an Englishman!
John Truscott: Then I'll tell them I'd rather have you than a country... or a language... or a history.

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