W. H. Davies Zitate

Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.

W. H. Davies

Deutsche Übersetzung

Sommergäste ließen oft Kleidung zurück und was nützen sie den Wirtinnen, denn kein Lumpensack-Mann hat jemals ihre Häuser angerufen. Die Wahrheit der Sache war, dass ich in weniger als einer Woche von Kopf bis Fuß gut gekleidet war. All diese Dinge waren freiwillige Opfergaben, wenn ich Essbares suchte.

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