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And here it was observed, with no very commendable emphasis, that the precious old dote had a particular partiality for Bruin's dominions, nor could be driven from the strange hallucination. Another minute and the poor old man was in the most alarming state of mind that could be imagined; the largest dough-nut on the platter had stuck half-way down his throat.
Punch, and bowed the man of the Times politely out, Grandmama Fudge, in a strong Scotch brogue, said, 'Nu, luds, let us gang awa to the crumpets bring 'um hither, mya bullies! He drew a sort of simple contortion over his broad, hard face, and mouthed his lips, as if he would the amplest dough-nut be put on his plate.
"You're as flabby as " Stanning looked round for a simile, "as a dough-nut. Why don't you take some exercise?" "I'm going to play fives, I think. I do need some exercise." "Fives? Why don't you play footer?" "I haven't time. I want to work." "What rot. I'm not doing a stroke." Stanning seemed to derive a spiritual pride from this admission.
Anna took the baby and laid it carefully on the top shelf of the cupboard, then she hastened to bring a glass of water and a dough-nut, and set it before the half-frozen girl. "Eat," she said, "and warm yourself." John rose from his seat. "I'll have no child of that sort here," he said. John sank back in his chair. And why had Caroline no wedding-ring? Ah, reader, can you not guess.
My mother was quite famous for her skill in manufacturing them, and my great delight was to superintend her operations, and be rewarded for good behavior with a limited quantity of dough, which I manufactured into certain uncouth images, called 'dough-nut babies. Sometimes these beloved creations of genius performed rather curious gymnastics on being placed in the boiling grease such as twisting on one side, throwing a limb entirely over their heads, &c.; while not unfrequently a leg or an arm was found missing when boiled to the requisite degree of hardness.
Their favorite spelling-book was a certain old cook-book, discarded by the head of the kitchen, and considered all that was necessary for their educational purpose. From this, one afternoon, Johnnie gave out "Dough-nut," with the following surprising result.
I don't believe there's any word in the language for dough-nut. Jim's not bad at French, either. We should be regularly floored if it wasn't for him. And I expect they guess by his accent he comes from Rugby, for fellows all touch their hats to him. You know the pater gave us a list of places to go and see in Paris the Louvre and the Luxembourg, and all that.
"Say, you Mister Steward, you jest hurry up and git the lady out of her muss, and come and fix me up," chimed in the voice of Mr Zachariah Lathrope. "I guess I've had my innards a'most squoze out agin the durned bunk, an' feel like a dough-nut in a frying-pan. If you leave me much longer I kalkerlate this old boss'll be cold meat, you bet, and you'll have the funeral to pay!"
I thought it best to take my bags with me to the buffet, as they might have humbugged about with them if I'd left them in the carriage. They ought to make English compulsory in French schools. The duffers in the buffet didn't even know what a dough-nut was! Not even when Jim looked it up in the dixy and asked for noix a pate.
To compare the fougasso with our homely dough-nut does it injustice. It is a large flat open-work cake a grating wrought in dough an inch or so in thickness, either plain or sweetened or salted, fried delicately in the best olive-oil of Aix or Maussane.
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