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"Margot," I said, "will you pass me that fruit-knife?" She obviously hesitated. "Give me that knife," I repeated roughly, stretching out my hand. She lifted her hand, left the knife upon the table, and at the same time, springing up, glided softly out of the room and closed the door behind her.
The Duke sat like a rock in his place and finished what he was saying, though no one noticed it. Miss Skeat clutched her silver fruit-knife till her knuckles shone again, and she set her teeth. Mr.
Flossy wanted to have the control of family matters herself. "But I believe in 'Woman's Rights," said Annie, with a toss of the head, "and if there's anything I despise, it is a man meddling about the house." Here little Dotty began to cause a disturbance, by sticking a fruit-knife into the edges of the "what-not," and making a whirring noise.
Dempster; that his silver fruit-knife, his music-books, and harpsichord, should be given to little Fanny Mountain; and that his brother should take a lock of his hair, and wear it in memory of his ever fond and faithfully attached George. And he sealed the document with the seal of arms that his grandfather had worn.
They then got out small fruit-plates, and on each they laid first, a small, clean doily, then a finger-bowl with a little water in it, not very much, as it was not intended to swim in, the aunt said, and on the edge of the plate a fruit-knife and an orange spoon. These plates were laid all around the table at the different places.
Richard was sitting on the hearth rug, which he had carefully covered with newspapers; these, as well as his hands and face, were stained a deep crimson, while with a stout silver fruit-knife he was hacking pieces from a great pulpy red mass before him.
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