Arthur looked at the steamer trunk. He looked at the Colonial Office directive. He looked at his own reflection in the rain-streaked window—a man who had arrived thinking words were cages and was leaving knowing they were the only wings.
He was a linguist, not a governor. Arthur believed that words were cages for meaning, and he intended to unlock every bar. the sleeping dictionary film
"Then teach me one more word," he said. "The word for what I am if I stay." Arthur looked at the steamer trunk