up-sta-ahs

Updated: May 1, 2025

The bowl flew up in the air, turned a somersault, and the sauce rained down in showers upon his knees! He had his serviette spread open, of course, but still it was bad enough. There was silence all round the table. He sat stock still, staring at his hands, all brown and dripping; then he said, in a very small, exhausted voice, `I think I had bettaw go up-sta-ahs!"

Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey - A Houseful of Girls