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... reasons. There was no real alternative to the kitchen, and it had a good wide shelf above the sink where the set could lodge. He unplugged the set in the drawing room and staggered through to the kitchen. Dorothy could be heard up stairs making beds and ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... attention. Finally she asked Don't you love me any more The muttered reply came Too-wet-to-woo, too- wet-to- woo Into the Army kitchen walked the Colonel. Attention the mess sergeant roared. All sprang to attention except the new recruit cook. You, there said ...

Published: Wednesday 17 February 1954
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 31 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

Pooch

... big easy chair, his chair, and settled himself. Until two months ago it had been Ted's chair. Mrs. Parker appeared from the kitchen. Paper come? she asked. The Pooch looked at her, his nose wriggling eagerly. Snoopy! she exclaimed. Do you know every ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... to know, she retorted, is what happened to the old-fashioned men who made them faint Very angry, the mistress entered the kitchen. This must not go on, cook, she said. The master is always complaining about the food. The soup was too salty, the fish not ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... with a yelp of pain he began telling his son in no uncertain terms. The game was over, and Peter came tear fully into the kitchen and said to his mother That darn horse is a daddy again. toe, said the milkman, did you put water I in the milk this morning ...

Published: Wednesday 16 December 1953
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 318 | Page: 15 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... from the office the next evening, he saw his neighbour patching up the chicken wire with furious haste. He went into the kitchen and said to his wife What did you do to him Nothing at all, dear, she replied with a smile. I just put four shop eggs under ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... with a yelp of pain he began telling I his son in no uncertain terms. The game was over, and Peter came tearfully into the kitchen and said to his mother That darn horse is a daddy again. Toe, said the milkman, did you put water I in the milk this morning ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... call the fire brigade. We might as well make use of these city advantages right away. Played a lot of golf, painted the kitchen, squared up the garden. Frankly, I 'm glad to be back. ...

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... it up in a piece of flannel and placed it beside the fire before going to bed. Some time later, his mother came into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family. When she saw the visitor she gave a gasp. Oh, dear, she exclaimed, Jack 's been up to ...

Grandma and the plum tree: A short but delightful story of an old woman's belief in the unfailing justice of ..

... laundry basket and marched out of the back door. Left to myself, I sat looking with contentment around the small, cheer}' kitchen the wide tiled range, the row of burnished copper pots, the gaily coloured and spotless linoleum. But I was too young to remain ...

GIRL OF THE OUTBACK

... in front of him. No, she said, and went out to the kitchen. Behind her she heard Ellen say Take it easy, Steve. Martha 's not one of your city girls. In the early afternoon she was in the kitchen preparing vegetables for the evening meal, when Steve ...

LEAVE IT TO SIR JOHN

... the ten miles into the nearest market town. Sir John, followed very closely by the three spaniels, went out into the kitchen. The kitchen too had been smartened up there was a new rug in front of the fireplace and there was no fire. Formerly Perkins had ...