The talk at the table was full of expanding British power.... They discussed campaigns and victories, and spoke contemptuously of the 'natives,' who everyone agreed had to be put in their place periodically. 'Their place?' Anna Harriette pondered, strangely troubled. 'And what is their place in their own country?'


Anna and the King of Siam (1944)

Margaret Landon Quotes

The talk at the table was full of expanding British power.... They discussed campaigns and victories, and spoke contemptuously of the 'natives,' who...

The talk at the table was full of expanding British power.... They discussed campaigns and victories, and spoke contemptuously of the 'natives,' who...

The talk at the table was full of expanding British power.... They discussed campaigns and victories, and spoke contemptuously of the 'natives,' who...

The talk at the table was full of expanding British power.... They discussed campaigns and victories, and spoke contemptuously of the 'natives,' who...