Book tagged

It was inevitable that I'd become tagged with this book tag thing as well, so here goes:

TAG! You're it!

1. Grab the nearest book.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your Blog along with these instructions.

5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet I know that is what you were thinking!

6. Tag 4 or 5 people.

From
The Life and Death of St Kilda
The moving story of a vanished island community
by Tom Steel
Harper Collins, 1994

Page 123 line 5-8
The passages in italics fall outside that remit, but are needed to make complete sentences.

When the Vulcan from Glasgow steamed into Village Bay on Saturday, 28 July 1838, with a full complement of passengers and a brass band on board, the islanders rushed to the manse to inform the minister, the Reverend Neil Mackenzie, that a 'ship on fire' was approaching. When the brass band struck up, the St Kildans fled to shelter among the rocks. The ministers, missionaries and schoolmasters were not the only people responsible for bringing St Kilda closer to civilisation.

I'll blog about St Kilda another time.

NOTE: I'm not tagging anybody specific, as this has been doing the rounds. Feel free to take up the challenge if you dare!