First Impressions

May 7, 2004

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is froma novel by a 20th-century chronicler of the upper-middle class:

"I was sitting in the Guards' Chapel under the terra-cotta lunette which contains the Centurion saying to one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to his servant, Do this, and he doeth it."

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is May 11.

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The THES, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX
faxed to 020 7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who identified The Diaries of A. L. Rowse , is Tom Ruffles of Cambridge.

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