Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Augustin stood there looking down at him and cursed him speaking slowly clearly bitterly and contemptuously and cursing as steadily as though he were dumping manure on a field lifting it with a dung fork out of a wagon.

Augustin stood there looking down at him and cursed him spea

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In this quote, Augustin is depicted as expressing his feelings of extreme anger and contempt towards someone. Through his deliberate and measured speech, loaded with curses, it is evident that he holds immense bitterness towards the person in question. The vivid imagery of dumping manure on a field with a dung fork highlights the intensity and resentment in his words and actions.

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