Ford Madox Ford Quote

The man’s face, wrinkled, dark and apelike, looked up. ‘He was a good pal, pore old b— ,’ he said. ‘You would not like, surely to goodness, to go to mess with your shoes all bloody.’ ‘If I had given him leave,’ Tietjens said, ‘he would not be dead now.’ ‘No, surely not,’ One Seven Thomas answered. ‘But it is all one. Evans of Castell Goch would surely to goodness have killed him.’ ‘So you knew, too, about his wife!’ Tietjens said. ‘We thocht it wass that,’ One Seven Thomas answered, ‘or you would have given him leave, cahptn. You are a good cahptn.

Ford Madox Ford

The man’s face, wrinkled, dark and apelike, looked up. ‘He was a good pal, pore old b— ,’ he said. ‘You would not like, surely to goodness, to go to mess with your shoes all bloody.’ ‘If I had given him leave,’ Tietjens said, ‘he would not be dead now.’ ‘No, surely not,’ One Seven Thomas answered. ‘But it is all one. Evans of Castell Goch would surely to goodness have killed him.’ ‘So you knew, too, about his wife!’ Tietjens said. ‘We thocht it wass that,’ One Seven Thomas answered, ‘or you would have given him leave, cahptn. You are a good cahptn.

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About Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer ( HEF-ər); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were important in the development of early 20th-century English and American literature.
Ford is now remembered for his novels The Good Soldier (1915), the Parade's End tetralogy (1924–1928) and The Fifth Queen trilogy (1906–1908). The Good Soldier is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer′s "100 Greatest Novels of All Time", and The Guardian′s "1000 novels everyone must read".