fruit-jelly

Updated: June 22, 2025

Lessways lit the gas, and the china and the white cloth and the coloured fruit-jelly and the silver spoons caught the light and threw it off again, with gaiety. "Has she swept the hearth? Yes, she has," said Mrs. Lessways, glancing round at the red fire. Hilda sat down to wait, folding her hands as it were in meekness. In a few moments Florrie entered with the teapot and the hot-water jug.

Arnold Bennett - Hilda Lessways