Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 31, 2025
After giving utterance to them, she paced backward and forward; now standing in the portal and gazing along the road; now returning to the sola de comida, to look upon the table, with cloth spread, wines decantered, fruits and flowers on the epergne all but the dishes that waited serving till Valerian should show himself.
'If you can only be guarded, and I think you are becoming so. 'Is this a time to speak of ? Oh, don't! 'It is the only time. No one is attending, and I have something to say to you. Overpowering her dire confusion, in obedience to him, she looked at the epergne, and listened. 'You have acted prudently. You have checked and he indicated Guy 'without producing more than moderate annoyance.
There had been basement dining-rooms, catsup bottles, and people passing everything to everybody else! "I'm afraid I'm early," he said in his quick voice. "Not a bit. Calvin, place a chair for Mr. Dalton." There were fruit and nuts and raisins in a great silver epergne, with fat cupids making love among garlands. There was coffee in Sevres cups.
On the central table, reserved for the princes, princesses, and members of the corps diplomatique, glittered an epergne of inestimable price, brought from London, and around this chef-d'oeuvre of chased gold reflected under the light of the lusters a thousand pieces of most beautiful service from the manufactories of Sevres.
She made her survey calmly, and gave such orders as pertained in smooth tones which could not jar. She seemed to consult where she really directed. "Shall we have the epergne? I think we will, don't you? Yes. It's a grand occasion. I don't think we have ever had ladies at Wanless before." An admission which staggered Minnie.
Dessert was served as if by magic. A huge epergne of gilded bronze from Thomire's studio overshadowed the table.
Beyond them lay the length of the Turkey carpet darkening away under the long biscuit-box and the large epergne made her feel guilty and shifting, guilty from the beginning of things.
The stems of the trees arose from the clear, still water, in which every interlacement of their boughs was reflected with unequaled purity. They were arranged on an immense sheet of glass, like the trees in miniature on some table epergne, and their reflection could not be more perfect. The difference between the image and the reality could scarcely be described.
Daisy's meditations were broken off; for a general stir round the table made her look up. The table was cleared, and the servants were bringing on the fruit; and with the fruit they were setting on the table a beautiful old fashioned silver épergne, that was never used but for great occasions.
Generally it was adorned with fruit and flowers; to-day it was empty, and the attendants proceeded to arrange upon it very strange looking things; packages in white paper, books, trinkets, what not; and in the middle of all a little statuette of a Grecian nymph, which was a great favourite of Daisy's. Daisy began to guess that the épergne had something to do with her birthday.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking