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FROM COCKTAILS TO PORT

... heaven if God speaks to me in French? A VERY old Irishwoman was charged with stealing a loaf of bread from a neigh bour's kitchen. The jury, all Irish, looked at the frail old dame before them and passed the verdict Not guilty, adding that they hoped ...

Bubble and Squeak: Stories From Everywhere

... inspect t| peasant's cottage inl Ireland. Do you think, hel said sternly, that ill is healthy to have J pig living in yowl kitchen The woman in thfl cottage bridled. Sure! yer honour, he 's niveil had a day's illness! since he came into the! house. At ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 778 | Page: 32 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

Bubble and Squeak: Stories from Everywhere

... inspect a peasant's cottage in Ireland. Do you think, he said, sternly, that it is healthy to have a pig living in your kitchen? The woman in the cottage bridled. Sure, yer honour, he's niver had a day's illness since he came into the house. TAne of ...

Published: Wednesday 29 October 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: 36 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

LADY HELP

... was clearing away the remains of her frugal supper when the bell rang. Hastily she thrust the tray and her apron into the kitchen and shut the door. She gave a glance round her sitting- room, lit the gas-fire, turned on two more lights, pulled the photo ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1946
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1825 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

ATTENTION TO DETAIL

... tablets from the dresser. Robert drew a deep breath. Will Welsh rarebit do for you Marion made no reply. On his way to the kitchen he suppressed a titter as he thought of the perfect answer to his own question. If only he had been able to tell her that ...

Published: Wednesday 30 April 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1867 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

OH, COME NOW, MR. HALLABY!

... nightmare. But when, half-way up the stairs, he saw the kitchen door open slowly to its full extent, and close again, his belief came in for a sharp revision. Once again he rubbed his eyes. Once again the kitchen door opened and closed itself. Mr. Hallaby, aided ...

Published: Wednesday 06 August 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1773 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

SWEET HOME

... HOME By B. L. JACOT. HE came down the stairs slowly, his mind a thousand miles away, and he heard the dog scratching at the kitchen door. The dachshund shot through his legs as he opened the door, and he saw that the kettle was spitting furiously. Something ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1474 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

BUBBLE and SQUEAK

... purchased a 4-lb. sirloin. They left it on the kitchen-table while they went into the dining-room for a couple of cocktails. The couple grew into more and they were slightly rocky when they re-entered the kitchen, but not rocky enough to overlook the fact ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1947
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 450 | Page: 21 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

A SAD STORY

... exactly at nine, when he left to go to his office. The pipes had frozen, the cook was in a rage and there was a bird in the kitchen chimney. Bonham attended to it all. Clytie was still in bed, with eau-de-Cologne on her forehead, prostrate after the previous ...

Published: Wednesday 07 January 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1609 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

DARK SPECTRE

... got it on her hands I told her not to keep it in the kitchen, he protested. It 's under the sink. I can show you. I 'd like to see it. When they got to the house Mason took him round to the kitchen door. His hand was shaking and his throat was dry. He ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1800 | Page: 24 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE SEA IS A WOMAN

... alive, he was alive. They could feel it running through .them as they went about their work, he in the fields, she in the kitchen and the garden. Everything was perfect, everything was all right, until. Had it been the sea, he wondered, now, as he crossed ...

Published: Wednesday 24 November 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1733 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE LONG WEEK-END

... her. In this room the knotted hands seemed more at home. James I Why-- Em turned to see who it was coming through from the kitchen into the room. Maggie I Her voice rose excitedly. James But James wasn't there. He was out in the garden, looking at a little ...

Published: Wednesday 22 December 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1805 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative