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I can tell you all I'm pretty peckish, too." "So am I, rather," said Crow, winking at the company generally, who all laughed. Awful thought! Suppose there's not enough for them to eat after all! I began to pour out the coffee wildly, hardly venturing to look round. At last, however, I recollected my duties. "That's an eel-pie in front of you, Doubleday," I said.
So much as this, however, did make itself manifest to him, that he must by no means join his jolly-souled brethren at the Eel-pie Island, and that he must be at his office punctually at ten o'clock the next morning if he had any intention of saving himself from dismissal. When Charley arrived at his office, Mr. Corkscrew was still with the authorities, and Charley's turn was to come next.
During many years sojourn East and South, in the course of many wanderings from Billingsgate to Limehouse Hole, from Petticoat Lane to Whitechapel Road; out of eel-pie shop and penny gaff; out of tavern and street, and court and doss-house, he had gathered together slang words and terms and phrases, and they came back to him now, and he stood up against her manfully.
Sir John Hunter was at another table, eating eel-pie, and was the last person present who was made to understand what had happened. "It is the damned heat of the room, I suppose," said he, "that made her faint;" and swallowing the last morsel on his plate, and settling his collar, he came up to Captain Walsingham. "What's this I hear? that Lady Hunter has fainted?
"'Pon honour! here's a good thing, which I hope we shall live to finish," said Heathcock, sitting down before the collation; and heartily did he eat of eel-pie, and of Irish ortolans , which, as Lady Dashfort observed, "afforded him indemnity for the past, and security for the future."
I was quite thankful to Doubleday for the comfort he gave me, and cheerfully accepted an invitation to go up to his lodgings "to meet just the usual lot" next evening. Which I did, and found the "usual lot" in their usual good spirits. No one seemed to bear a grudge against me for that cold eel-pie, and one or two assured me that they had enjoyed themselves immensely.
Gresham again at this time, for he left the Hills, and set out immediately for London, where he was recalled by news of the sudden death of his partner. Old Mr. Panton had been found dead in his bed, after having supped inordinately the preceding night upon eel-pie. It was indispensably necessary that Mr. Gresham should attend at the opening of Panton's will, and Mrs.
Later, in the fuss and bustle of the 'eating hall, this 'Harry, more obstreperous than ever by contact with the foreigners, again attracted my attention. Everywhere I heard his voice; he was rampant. 'When the chap laid hold of my bag, "Halloo," says I; "hands off, old boy," says I. "'Eel Fo!" says he. "Eel-pie!" says I. "Blow your Fo," says I, and didn't he grin like an ape?
Then go out and make some sassafras cakes, and some eel-pie, and some squirrel-soup; and set the table in five minutes: do you hear?" "Ma'am?" said the deaf servant; "what did you say about ginger-bread?" Susy did not like her part of the game; but she played it as well as she could, and let Annie manage everything, because that was what pleased Annie. "O, how stupid Betsey is!" said Mr.
The fact is, I had unconsciously neglected a piece of advice of hers in the matter of this very eel-pie. She had said, have it hot. I had told the pastrycook to deliver it cold. Therefore Mrs Nash, just at the critical moment, deserted me! With a feeling of desperation I laid my own tablecloth not a very good one and arranged as best I could the plates and dishes.