Episode 4
After checking into a hotel, Yorick is struck by the prettiness of his chambermaid. Moments later, he is given an advanced lesson in the art of begging.
Bill Nighy reads from Laurence Sterne's 1768 comic riposte to his contemporary Tobias Smollett's travel journal.
After checking into a hotel, Yorick is struck by the prettiness of his chambermaid; although nothing would induce him to consider anything improper. Moments later, however, he is given an advanced lesson in the art of begging.
Abridged by Robin Brooks.
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Thu 27 Aug 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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