There were two cases from China, with queer lettering marked upon them in jet black ink, and one from Marseilles, larger but less romantic. Hickie had opened the Chinese cases first, and now he was busy unpacking jars of ginger and handing them to Sue to put away on the shelves. ...
Roderick saw Sal safely in and placed the basket beside her. “Good old basket!” said Roderick, smiling. “Don’t wait,” said Sal. She knew all the women in the bus and was aware that they were interested in Roderick. (She could almost hear what they w...
They had traveled all the way from Portsmouth and Alice was exceedingly tired; she was so tired that she found it difficult to take in Dunnian and her first impression of the place was confused and dreamlike. It seemed immense after the little house at Portsmouth. Nina and...
Thane was the second. Barbara went to return the Thanes’ call in some trepidation. She expected—on the information received from Mrs. Dance—to find a querulous invalid and a downtrodden daughter, but the Thanes were “not a bit like that.” Mrs. Thane was a woman who had seen a great deal of troubl...
“Darling Sam,” wrote Jerry. “I never seem to have time to write in the daytime and really it is better to write at night because there are no interruptions and I get on quicker. I have just been listening to the midnight news and it says, ‘patrol activity in Egypt’—and tha...
Tim of the Regiment First January Tim wakes up very peevish after last night’s celebrations in Mess (how strange the after effects of enjoyment on the human frame!). He reminds me that his Aunt Ethel is coming to dinner and to spend the night on her way to Dover and the Riviera. Reminder quite un...
She had a great admiration for Kitty and thought that Kitty had been badly treated. She was too cautious to air these opinions openly; she was of the type which does and says nothing openly, but works in the dark to achieve its purpose. At first I thought that Miss Milston was stupid, that her ru...
said Mrs. Melville as she saw her daughter ready to go to the tea party. “Don’t sit and dream and forget to talk, and don’t spill your tea—you’re so dreadfully clumsy—and, whatever you do, don’t stay too long.” “How long?” asked Tonia meekly. “You h...