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Henric and Lewis, two lovely boys of five and six years old, having promised to be very good, if allowed to sit up till their father's return, were watching their mother, who was employed in roasting a fine fat quail which their cousin, Lalotte, who had arrived at the discreet age of fourteen, was basting, and spinning the string by which it was suspended before the fire.
Celia, with rapid, skillful fingers, kept pace with her in basting and putting together, and Charlotte well, Charlotte did her best. Meanwhile Captain Rayburn and the baby explored together mysterious realms of pockets and picture-books. "For the land's sake, Miss Charlotte!" cried Mrs. Fields, suddenly, in the middle of the morning. "If you ain't made five left sleeves and only one right!"
Now she reappeared with very rosy cheeks, saying, "Here's the letter." My thanks were few and awkward, for there still hung to the missive a basting thread, and it was as warm as a nestling bird. I bent low everybody was emotional in those days kissed the fragrant thing, thrust it into my bosom, and blushed worse than Camille. "Poor boy!" said the aunt. "It's the first line you've had for months.
Little Dick would have lived very happy in this good family if it had not been for the ill-natured cook, who was finding fault and scolding him from morning to night, and besides, she was so fond of basting, that when she had no meat to baste, she would baste poor Dick's head and shoulders with a broom, or anything else that happened to fall in her way.
Then with an arre-e-ee, and an impartial basting with the short whip, the four wretched horses got into their shamble again, and forty minutes later were climbing in and out of the clean dry holes in Calle Isabella 2^a at Mahon. They only had one hitch in their enterprise.
If you really want to know, you lift two of your men out of their revolving-chairs, and hang one over a forty-horse-power cook-stove that's booming along under forced draft so that your dinner won't be late, with a turkey that's gobbling for basting in one oven, and a cake that's gone back on you in a low, underhand way in another, and sixteen different things boiling over on top and mixing up their smells.
He was awakened at last by the sizzling of a goose getting its final basting. He started up, and Slamey said: "Hit's ready. I bet yo' feel betteh, now; six hours asleep!" It didn't seem like six minutes of dreamless recreation. With night the wind fell. The flood of sunset brilliance spread down the radiant sandbars and the bright waterways.
Another good way to stuff peppers is to parboil them and then stuff them with a forcemeat made of chopped nuts and bread crumbs moistened with salt and pepper. Bake, basting occasionally with melted butter for twenty minutes. Cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds, stems and pith. Then cut them in neat, small pieces and throw into boiling salted water. Boil for half an hour.
"Two pair of large Brass sliding Candlesticks about 4 shillings a Pair. "Two pair of large Brass Candlesticks not sliding of the newest Fashion about 5 or 6 shillings a pair. "Four Brass Snuffers with stands. "Six small strong Brass Chafing dishes about 4 shillings apiece. "One Brass basting Ladle; one larger Brass Ladle. "One pair of Chamber Bellows with Brass Noses.
As Lizzie bent over her work basting the new seams in fitting her last dress, the Mistress of the White House suddenly stopped the nervous movement of her rocking-chair. "He demands a thousand dollars to-night, Lizzie?" "Swears he'll take the whole account to the President to-morrow unless he gets it, Madam." "You tried to make him reasonable?" "Begged him for an hour."
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