Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 9, 2025
'Ladies and gentlemen, he said, 'and friends assembled, I have a piece of news for you. Mr. Francis Holford King, late Commander in Her Majesty's Navy, has just contracted a what d'ye call it? kind of engagement with Miss Anne Beresford of that ilk. It strikes me this is what is termed consolation-stakes 'There you are quite wrong, said Madge, promptly and cheerfully.
"It would be awfully nice to forget the whole blooming show, past, present, and to come, for a little while and plunge in the waters of oblivion. Oblivion with a capital O a dose of that's what I want. Beautiful roomy consolation-stakes of a word, oblivion, if one could only believe in the existence of it which, unluckily, some-how I can't." Here the strains of the orchestra ceased.
'He meant to make me the consolation-stakes: for it was Nan that he wanted to marry all the way through. 'Well, I shall be glad to see you all married, said Tom. 'I've had enough bother with you. 'You look quite worn out, his eldest sister remarked. 'At least, he said, sitting down in an easy-chair and stretching out his legs, 'at least I have gained some wisdom.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking