GR translation: which even dacoits do too.

[Mike Jing]

OK, just wanted to make sure. The published translation interpreted it as
"shit", which doesn't seem right to me.

Thanks, Mike.


On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Mutter "Oh shit"
>
> On 01/12/2025 11:41, Mike Jing wrote:
> > V645.27-33, P658.24-30   Happily, he doesn’t have to wait at all. One of
> > the dacoits comes leaping with a whistling sound, ecru silk cord strung
> > buzzing tight between his fists, eager let’s-get-to-it grin, and just at
> > the same moment a pair of arms comes pincering up out of a fissure in the
> > ruins, and gathers the colonel down to safety just in time. The dacoit
> > falls on his ass, and sits there trying to pull the cord apart, muttering
> > oh shit, which even dacoits do too.
> >
> > What is that even dacoits do too is being referred to here?
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