disposed-of

Updated: May 11, 2025

For a few seconds he stared at the table-cloth, then he pushed aside his nearly disposed-of cutlet, then he got up from his chair quietly. "Excuse me, Maria," he said, and without further ado went out of the room, and walked toward the stables. There was excellent fish at Maundell; Batch produced it at once, fresh, sound, and desirable.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Emily Fox-Seton : Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst"