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Excerpt from Maurice Crushed under Large Boulders (formerly Maurice, by E. M. Forster):
"Cripes! What are you doing?"
The gamekeeper turned to Maurice fiercely, eyes blazing with anger.
"I was just ... just ..." Maurice stammered out, shamefacedly. "Just being ... just ..."
The gamekeeper stared roughly. "You were just putting your hands where they don't belong is what you were doing, gov'nor. Just trying some bent business is what you were doing."
"Don't tell anyone," Maurice pleaded. "Don't. It's just ..."
"Sorry, gov'nor, but the Committee on Vice and Morality will have to know. It'll mean being crushed under large boulders for you. Sharia law and all that."
Source: HighBeam Research, The new British library revised Muslim sensitivity series, 2006.(the...