grinderville

Updated: May 16, 2025

It was what ladies call a "lovely night," as seen from the house of Grinder "Grinderville" with its moonlit terraces and gardens sloping gently to the water, and its windows lit up for an Easter ball, and its reception-rooms thronged by its own exclusive set, and one of its charming and accomplished daughters melting a select party to tears by her pathetic recitation about a little crossing sweeper.

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils