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Updated: June 15, 2025
He was as cool as an iced melon, the drawl in his voice not quickening in the least. But his eyes gave away his tense interest. "Why, because I found a lot of these in the sand, all of them measuring up to sample." From under my coat I drew the shining yellow bars and handed them to him. "Gold!" he cried softly. "By Jove, this is a find." "And a lot more where those came from, or I miss my guess.
Place it over the fire, stirring until it thickens and adheres to the back of the spoon; rub this all through a coarse sieve, add a glass of sherry, and when cold pour the mixture into the freezer; when half frozen add a pint and a half of whipped cream, and when quite frozen fill a pudding mould, bury it in ice and salt, and serve as you would Nesselrode pudding. Iced Cabinet Pudding.
And there was so much to do so much! instruments and sponges and lint to hold for surgeons; bandages, iced compresses, medicines to hand to physicians; and there were ghastly faces to be washed, and filthy bodies to be cleansed, and limp hands to be held, and pillows to be turned, and heads to be lifted.
Then the sisters would go into the dining room and have some light refreshment, with a glass of iced tea and no matter how torrid the heat or how flushed and dragged other women might look, they were inviting pictures of all that was ever fresh, cool and fragrant.
He sat on the edge of the table, and expostulated with her for a long time. But she went on until the last spoon was polished. "Don't you think we'd better get something for Knollys? Sal volatile or iced water, or something?" she said at last, looking at her black hands. He shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, leave him alone.
As this was not a novelty to his companion, Prescott made no comment, and by and by two tumblers containing iced liquid were brought in. Jernyngham drained his thirstily and looked up with a grin. "It isn't exhilarating, but it's cool," he said. "Now, however, you're curious about my honorable scars I got them from a bottle.
We put on white ties and tail-coats every night for dinner in the open shamyanah, where the Maharajah provided us with an excellent European repast served on solid silver plates. As the endless resources of this wonderful camp included an ice-making machine, he also gave us iced champagne every evening.
The boys learned that they had been registered in a twin bedroom on the second floor, while Zircon and Briotti were on the first floor. The boys found the scientists attired only in shorts, cooling off over long, cold drinks. They accepted glasses of iced ginger ale and told the scientists of their adventure. "It's amazing." Tony Briotti shook his head.
His food was deluged with ginger and pepper; his favourite fare was raw eggs filled with red pepper, and raw onions, of which he ate enormous quantities. He drank iced water by the gallon, and slept between frozen sheets. He was a man, moreover, of evil life, familiar with every form of vicious indulgence. His only redeeming feature was a love of art, which enriched the galleries of Florence.
Every evening, from five to seven, they fought a decisive battle upon each marble table, sustained by the artillery of the iced decanter which represented Mount Valerien, a glass of bitters, that is to say, Vinoy's brigade, feigned to attack a saucer representing the Montretout batteries; while the regular army and National Guard, symbolized by a glass of vermouth and absinthe, were coming in solid masses from the south, and marching straight into the heart of the enemy, the match-box.
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