dialog text & complex quotations

As an example of dialog and complex quotations I've given below some heavily cut passages from Tolstoy's War and Peace. Lt. Colonel Denisov goes to raid food supplies from another camp of his own army when he returns he relates the story to his friend Rostov.

Denisov has a "W for R" form of lisp, and during the telling of his story he is quoting other people. Watch the quotation marks

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... Denisov was shouting. "And I saw with my own eyes how Lazarchuk bwought some fwom the fields."

...Five minutes later, Denisov came into the hut, climbed with muddy boots on the bed, lit his pipe, furiously scattered his things about, took his leaded whip, buckled on his saber, and went out again. In answer to Rostov's inquiry where he was going, he answered vaguely and crossly that he had some business. "Let God and our gweat monarch judge me afterwards!" said Denisov going out...

"Now, what are you pestewing me for?" cried Denisov, suddenly losing his temper. "I shall answer for it and not you, and you'd better not buzz about here till you get hurt. Be off! Go!" he shouted at the officers...

"Very well, very well!" muttered the officer, threateningly, and turning his horse he trotted away, jolting in his saddle.

"A dog astwide a fence! A weal dog astwide a fence!" shouted Denisov after him (the most insulting expression a cavalryman can address to a mounted infantryman) and riding up to Rostov, he burst out laughing... Ah, Wostov..."I've taken twansports from the infantwy by force!" he said. "After all, can't let our men starve."

The wagons that had reached the hussars had been consigned to an infantry regiment, but learning from Lavrushka that the transport was unescorted, Denisov with his hussars had seized it by force. The soldiers had biscuits dealt out to them freely, and they even shared them with the other squadrons.

...Denisov could not speak and gasped for breath. When Rostov asked what was the matter, he only uttered some incoherent oaths and threats in a hoarse, feeble voice.

Alarmed at Denisov's condition, Rostov suggested that he should undress, drink some water, and send for the doctor.

"Twy me for wobbewy... oh! Some more water... Let them twy me, but I'll always thwash scoundwels... and I'll tell the Empewo'..." he muttered.

The regimental doctor, when he came, said it was absolutely necessary to bleed Denisov. A deep saucer of black blood was taken from his hairy arm and only then was he able to relate what had happened to him.

"I get there," began Denisov. "I've widden twenty miles and have duties to attend to and no time to wait. Announce me.' Vewy well, so out comes their head chief- also took it into his head to lecture me: 'It's wobbewy!'- 'Wobbewy,' I say, 'is not done by man who seizes pwovisions to feed his soldiers, but by him who takes them to fill his own pockets!' 'Will you please be silent?' 'Vewy good!' Then he says: 'Go and give a weceipt to the commissioner, but your affair will be passed on to headquarters.' I go to the commissioner. I enter, and at the table... who do you think? No, but wait a bit!... Who is it that's starving us?" shouted Denisov, hitting the table with the fist of his newly bled arm so violently that the table nearly broke down and the tumblers on it jumped about. "Telyanin! 'What? So it's you who's starving us to death! Is it? Take this and this!' and I hit him so pat, stwaight on his snout... 'Ah, what a... what...!' and I sta'ted fwashing him... Well, I've had a bit of fun I can tell you!" cried Denisov, gleeful and yet angry, his showing under his black mustache. "I'd have killed him if they hadn't taken him away!"

"But what are you shouting for? Calm yourself," said Rostov. "You've set your arm bleeding afresh. Wait, we must tie it up again."

Denisov was bandaged up again and put to bed. Next day he woke calm and cheerful...

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[Mdlftr]

...!!!

No wonder War and Peace takes fo-wever to wead!!

A lisping Wussian!!

What happens if he meets a Pwussian and wants to wace him? It could be a loong passage!

Somehow I don't think Natasha would be wery attwacted to this guy!

Weally!!

Md-Wftr

Originally Posted by Mdlftr

...!!!

No wonder War and Peace takes fo-wever to wead!!

A lisping Wussian!!

What happens if he meets a Pwussian and wants to wace him? It could be a loong passage!

Somehow I don't think Natasha would be wery attwacted to this guy!

Weally!!

Md-Wftr

She might not be attracted but he's a sort of tough guy, teddy bear, hairy gorilla so despite his lisp he might appeal to some of the members of this forum. Imagine a muscle growth scene with him.

"OK, on the gwound my fwiend and sepawate yo' cheeks, and get weady for me to dwive my pwick into you while my muscles gwow and gwow and gwow. Ooh, what gweat big pectowials you have my fwiend, woof, gwowl..."

[Mdlftr]

Originally Posted by LeatherGryphon

"OK, on the gwound my fwiend and sepawate yo' cheeks, and get weady for me to dwive my pwick into you while my muscles gwow and gwow and gwow. Ooh, what gweat big pectowials you have my fwiend, woof, gwowl..."

- Doodness! Is dat de owiginal Wussian twans- wation?

I th'ot tho!

Must be up there with the works of those other 'gweat Wussian Wwiters',
like Yubin Yankinoff, and Bigstiff Oneski!

Very famous, especially in certain areas in the Oral Mountains.....!

Wussian Scholar,

Mdlftr

[glammaman2000]

...Maxx Likkimoff!!