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William Doane's Romance: A New England Story

... the chambers. After the old people had gone the son, William's father, used the whole house, but the kitchen partition remained. Indeed each kitchen, although only half of the original, was a large room. It was the half with the south-west exposure which ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1903
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4480 | Page: 16 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

AN UNACCOUNTABLE DREAM

... said, Come and I will let you see over my little apartment you can understand my astonishment when we came to look at the kitchen, because it was exactly the one I had dreamt about. I asked her to ask me to find something, and quite puzzled, she said, ...

Published: Wednesday 13 April 1927
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 380 | Page: 46 | 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 

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 

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 

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 

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

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1952
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 304 | Page: 31 | 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 

. . . AS GOOD AS A FEAST

... course, appears before his audience in a white chef's cap, or apron, or overall. Those are reserved for the sanctity of his kitchen, where he performs miracles with one old razor-blade and a wooden spoon and fork. No. Before his audience M. Nicholas wears ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1949
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1579 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE AMBLERS: A ROMANCE OF THEATRICAL LIFE: HOW THE PANTOMIME ENDED

... Creeping down to the kitchen as noiselessly as she had crept from it she would kneel in prayer for hours, hushing her sobs so that no one should know, and sometimes would fall asleep as she prayed. Daddies slept in a little room off the kitchen and was usually ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1903
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2951 | Page: 18 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

BUBBLE & SQUEAK

... some staff members. Two men of the rank-and-file arrived, and were indignantly requested to eat with the servants in the kitchen. Furious at such an occurrence, the hostess rang the officer next day, and demanded to know the reason for sending such l ...

Published: Wednesday 14 February 1951
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 608 | Page: 30 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative