For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledg'd or unsent.

He recalls (email to editor, 2 December 2012) that Durgnat 'shouted out' in response to his 'tromboning' the zoom-lens at the film's 1967 London Film Festival screening: […]

A certain Afridi being desirous to learn to read, went into a village to a Mulla and said to him, that it would be a great favour if he would give him lessons.

With considerable willingness I ate and drank, keeping the petit pâté till the last, as a bonne bouche.