The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page 359
... lobster Newburg and the egg mayonnaise , and the curry that was to have been heated in a chafing - dish . Agnes Blaik would be delirious long before you got to the list of wines , and in the long interval of waiting , before they had ...
... lobster Newburg and the egg mayonnaise , and the curry that was to have been heated in a chafing - dish . Agnes Blaik would be delirious long before you got to the list of wines , and in the long interval of waiting , before they had ...
Page 382
... lobster Newburg . " Jerton had not ventured to notice anything of the sort . " It's an extravagance , because it's one of the most expen- sive dishes on the menu , but at any rate it proves that I'm not Lady Starping ; she never touches ...
... lobster Newburg . " Jerton had not ventured to notice anything of the sort . " It's an extravagance , because it's one of the most expen- sive dishes on the menu , but at any rate it proves that I'm not Lady Starping ; she never touches ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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