United States or Taiwan ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Fortified by two halves of a mince-tart and several slices of Sir George's turkey, he filled the washing-book full up before dusk on Christmas Day; and on Boxing Day, despite the faint admiring protests of his nurses, he made a considerable hole in a quire of the best ruled essay-paper.
Mr Bittenger could not conceive an English Christmas without turkey, mince-pies, plum-pudding, and all the usual indigestiveness. Vera, speaking in a voice which seemed somehow not to be hers, stated that these necessaries of Christmas life would be produced, and Stephen did not say that the very thought of a mince-tart made him ill.
And as she was fully aware of the power of her capricious charm over Stephen, she regarded the excursion as arranged before she had broached it to him. Stephen refused. He remarked bitterly that the very thought of a mince-tart made him ill; and that he hated 'abroad'. Vera took her defeat badly. She pouted. She sulked.
A turkey and six mince-tarts. Isn't it thoughtful of him? 'It's just like the governor, said Henry, smiling, and feeling the tenderness of the turkey. 'He is a true gentleman, said Aunt Annie. 'And we've sent round to the doctor to ask, and he says there's no harm in your having half a mince-tart; so we've warmed it. And you are to have a slice off the breast of the turkey to-morrow.
Word Of The Day