‘Monitors, fetch the supper-trays!’
hearth, for there was a fire at each end; she surveyed
I could fancy a Welsh rabbit for supper.’
She had a turn for traffic, and a marked propensity for saving – shown not only in the vending of eggs and chickens, but also in driving hard bargains with the gardener about flower-roots, seeds,
one might compassionate her forlornness;
expressed an insuperable and rooted aversion.