- THE KIPLING SOCIETY How well do you know your Kipling ...as I put my foot down I felt an indescribable drawing sucking motion of the sand below. Another moment and my leg was swallowed up almost to the knee. In the moonlight the whole surface of the sand seemed to be shaken with devilish delight at my disappointment... Source of the quote Poem of the Week (The Mary Gloster) About the Society ...www.kipling.org.uk