broth-skillet

Updated: March 23, 2026

A hot fire was roaring in the stove under the broth-skillet and tea-kettle, and Betty was poking in more wood, with a great smirch of black on her chubby cheek, while Bab was cutting away at the loaf as if bent on slicing her own fingers off.

Louisa May Alcott - Under the Lilacs