SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 84
Set by Guy Kendall
The following is an extract from Baedeker's Manual of Con- versation (in four languages) published in the last century : " Postilion stop : we wish to _ get down : a spoke of one of the wheels is broken : some of the harness is undone : a spring is also broken : one of the hors?s shoes is come off." " You need not be afraid." " But the road is very, steep and hilly : there are preci- pices. . . ." A prize of f5, which may be divided, is offered for a fragment of dialogue, from an up-to-date manual, for use- in a similar emergency. (Not more than 150 words.)
- Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," and must be received not later than October 3rd. Results will be published in the Spectator of October 12th.
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