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...nd good manners,” Sammie murmured. “And I need to talk to Mather. Bring a tray of liqueurs into the morning room. Benedictine for me, Wild Turkey ... .... He held the take-out bag up, and, with a slur in his voice, said to Hannah, “Some creamed potatoes and fried chicken. Wine, too.” Hannah clutch... ...en Serpents Die 91 Chapter Seventeen “Hannah, you need to eat those creamed potatoes,” Bobby said, holding his Crown and Coca- Cola t... ...nedictine standing between two large balloon snifters. Brewster preferred to serve liqueurs in small Waterford stems, but she liked bar balloons. “... ...e. They sipped soup while Louisa cut quiche, apples and pears and put a bottle of cream sherry on the table. Louisa said, “My boy will bring the ...

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...him from Montpellier, where he was wont to repair twice a year to purchase liqueurs. As he was stocking his establishment he selected, together with d... ...e joyously excited at the unexpected ap pearance of a bowl of whipped egg cream at the close of the meal. Rose, whose heavy tread shook the floor as ...

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...of provincial life,—an egg ill-boiled for breakfast, coffee with feathered cream, burlesque details about health, disturbed sleep, dreams, visits. The... ...nd well-considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, not the cream of the best society. The mas- ter and mistress of such an establishme... ...acrificed on the 87 Balzac altar of her hopes three bottles of the famous liqueurs of Madame Amphoux, the most illustrious of all the distillers of t... ...st trifle:— “The deuce!” muttered du Bousquier. “Actually Madame Amphoux’s liqueurs, which they only serve at the four church festivals!” “Undoubtedly... ...mistress’s disappointment; he divined it, and he promptly carried away the liqueurs of 94 An Old Maid Madame Amphoux, which were offered to a bachelo...

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...eturned in excel- lent shape after a light refreshment of strawberries and cream at the Lodge. The Lodge-keeper had been promoted to keeper, vice the ... ... niver touch my man. He’ll poach ‘em to rights. Iss fai! Fresh berries an’ cream. Us Dartymoor folk niver forgit their friends. But them Bidevor poach... ...no company to make all vitty for. Never yeou mind us. Yiss. There’s plenty cream.” The woman withdrew, wiping her pink hands on her apron, and left th... ...ue paste, pilchards, three jams, and at least as many pounds of Devonshire cream. “My hat!” said he, throwing himself upon the banquet. “Who stumped u... ...icket.” “Well, that’s pretty average cool,” said Abanazar behind a slab of cream and jam, as Beetle, reassured upon the safety of his Sunday trousers,... ... mantelpiece ten feet high, and the Infant compassed us about with curious liqueurs and that kind of cigarette which serves best to introduce your own...

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...r from all other cooks. Madame Rigou made the butter herself twice a week. Cream was a concomi- tant of many sauces. The vegetables came at a jump, as... ...s, all bought ten years in advance of use and bottled by Brother Jean. The liqueurs in that cellar were those of the Isles, and came originally from M... ...lip the bolts of the door, my lad; tell my wife to bring my coffee and the liqueurs, and tell Jean to harness up. I’m off to Soulanges; will see you t... ...en wor- shipped in former days. She gave weekly dinners, with cof- fee and liqueurs to those who came in after the dessert. No female head could have ... ...as well-filled with the richest people of Soulanges, who paid for the good liqueurs and the fine wines which came from dear mistress’s cellars, with f... ...h the lenticular knobs in the glass it boiled the Madeira, the syrups, the liqueurs, the preserved plums, and the cherry- brandy set out for show; for... ...the valley. The Grand-I-Vert supplied the milk and the Cafe de la Paix the cream, and Tonsard’s two daughters were in daily communication between the ...

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...I’ll fool the duke, if need be; and you shall marry—” “Germain, coffee and liqueurs,” said Canalis. “Liqueurs!” repeated Butscha with a wave of his ha... ... Balzac This coarse and candid statement, intermingled with a va- riety of liqueurs, sobered Canalis as much as it appeared to befuddle Butscha. To th... ...mark that word! See here! a bit of good advice is worth your wine and your cream of tea. Father Mignon—he’s cream, too; the cream of honest men—he is ...

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...lied the latter. “I never leave home with- out taking my cup of coffee and cream.” “Don’t you eat anything between meals? How bourgeois, Marais, Place... ...four in the afternoon to half-past seven in the evening. Coffee, ices, and liqueurs were in abundance. But the presence of the master himself forbade ... ...ulated by the old captain of the Imperial Guard, to the wines, toasts, and liqueurs of a dessert com- posed of choice and early fruits, in pyramids th...

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...ademoiselle des Touches, and the science of her cook. Calyste declined the liqueurs contained in one of those superb cases of precious woods, which ar... ...d one word of it. The rector and the chevalier had arrived in time for the liqueurs at dessert. As soon as Mariotte, assisted by Gasselin and Madame d... ...efore the departure of its guests, consisting of fresh butter, fruits, and cream, in addition to Mariotte’s cakes; for which festal event issued from ... ...us; some men prefer their doll’s wax made of rouge and spermaceti and cold cream. I am straightforward; but duplicity is more pleasing. I am loyally p... ...madly in love with her, and, not to rouse suspicion, drink heavily, wines, liqueurs! I’ll tell Aurelie to place you beside Nathan at dinner. One thing... ...d,” cried Fabien, intoxicated by the glance she gave him as much as by the liqueurs des Iles. “You shall never repent that word, my dear; you shall be...

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...ght to have remembered the pepper which the Princess of Persia puts in the cream-tarts in the Arabian Nights. Do you put cay- enne into your cream-tar... ... laugh, and thought Rebecca was a good-humoured girl. Joseph simply said, “Cream-tarts, Miss? Our cream is very bad in Bengal. We generally use goats’... ...eira at dinner, and he managed a couple of plates full of strawberries and cream, and twenty- four little rout cakes that were lying neglected in a pl... ... no; two glasses are enough,” Dobbin interrupted him. “Here, take away the liqueurs, John. Have some cayenne- pepper with your fowl. Make haste though... ... you are desired by Miss Crawley—no, by Miss Crawley’s medical man, by Mr. Creamer, to state that my health is such that all strong emotions would be ...

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...he got up yet?” inquired Victorine of Howard and Snooky, as she pushed the cream pitcher out of Howard’s reach. It was significant of Mr. Bessemer’s r... ...are always hungry.” “I love to eat,” he protested. “W ell, we’ll make some creamed oysters; how would that do?” suggested Blix. Condy rolled his eyes.... ...would that do?” suggested Blix. Condy rolled his eyes. “Oh, speak to me of creamed oysters!” Then, with abrupt solemnity: “Blix, I never in my life ha... ...Blix, I never in my life had as many oysters as I could eat.” She made the creamed oysters in the kitchen over the gas-stove, and they ate them there—... ...ur fun is spoiled,’ he wrote. ‘I’ve got ptomaine poisoning from eating the creamed oysters last night, and am in for a solid fortnight spent in bed. H... ... and Eckert were at one of the windows over their after- dinner cigars and liqueurs. “I say,” said Eckert suddenly, “who’s that girl across the street...

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...rance hall. Chattering, swirl- ing people, red carpet, palms green against cream-and-gilt walls, small whirlpools of life at the open, dark doorways, ... ...ly with a frail, elegant woman—fashionable rather than bohe- mian. She was cream and auburn, Irish, with a slightly-lifted upper lip that gave her a p... ... her masses of thick, auburn hair, so that it hung half free. Her face was creamy pale, her upper lip lifted with odd pathos! She had rose-rubies in h... ...aid Lilly . He found a blue pencil and printed in large letters on the old creamy marble of the mantel-piece panel:—LOVE IS LIFE. Julia suddenly rose ... ...idor, and presented to the handsome, spacious bathroom, which was warm and creamy-coloured and glit- tering with massive silver and mysterious with up... ... young birds, allowed himself to be summoned. “Where’s the wine list? What liqueurs have you got?” de- manded Angus abruptly. The waiter rattled off a... ...l. It used to be quite a decent drink. What the war had got to do with bad liqueurs, I don’t know.” Aaron sat down in a chair at their table. “But let...

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...ant sails on board the yacht, or even fed with sweet biscuits or chocolate creams. The Rectory nursery had gone on a strict regimen and nurse was as a... ...d offered to regale him at a stall of bonbons forming only a thin crust to liqueurs, which unfor- tunately he had already been taught to like. ‘But I ...

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...iends explained the situation at length to her in case she should miss the cream of it. Mrs. Bremmil listened quietly, and thanked them for their good... ...dermine that reputation with L. L. L. and “Christopher” and little nips of liqueurs, and filth of that kind. He had a sound constitution and a great b...

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...omi- noes, billiards, and bouillotte, and drinking mulled wine, punch, and liqueurs. A few elegant little suppers were then given, and some masked bal... ...aid he. “But they had no more dared to touch her than we touch a decorated cream at dessert till some strong- minded person has made a hole in it.” “P...

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...thin golden shells of butter, or the wood straw- berries and brown jars of cream that gave to their repast the last refinement of rusticity? Hadn’t he... ...work in life itself rather than in any of its counterfeits. The coffee and liqueurs were already on the table when her mind suddenly sprang back to th...

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...e they were capital at other times), and a surprising amount of packing took place, out of all proportion to the amount packed. Largess, in the form o... ...r produced in the Admiral’s Cabin by merely touching the spring knob of a locker and the handle of a drawer, was a dazzling enchanted repast. Wonderfu...

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...ght to have remembered the pepper which the Princess of Persia puts in the cream-tarts in the Arabian Nights. Do you put cay- enne into your cream-tar... ... laugh, and thought Rebecca was a good-humoured girl. Joseph simply said, “Cream-tarts, Miss? Our cream is very bad in Bengal. We generally use goats’... ...eira at dinner, and he managed a couple of plates full of strawberries and cream, and twenty- four little rout cakes that were lying neglected in a pl... ... no; two glasses are enough,” Dobbin interrupted him. “Here, take away the liqueurs, John. Have some cayenne- pepper with your fowl. Make haste though... ... you are desired by Miss Crawley—no, by Miss Crawley’s medical man, by Mr. Creamer, to state that my health is such that all strong emotions would be ... ...“Who is Miss Crawley’s medical man?” Mr. Crawley mentioned the name of Mr. Creamer. “A most dangerous and ignorant practitioner, my dear Pitt. I have ...

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... one of that formidable swarm of old young girls, and young old women, the cream of Paris pleasure. Natural love, artificial and love-of-show love, lo... ... the pattern of those at V ersailles, where that choicest circle met, that cream of Paris society, called then le petit chateau. The noble Portuguese ... ...n. “I made Georges blab by getting him to treat me to an endless series of liqueurs of every color—I left him tipsy; I must be as full as a still myse... ...teau, Rastignac, du Tillet, Bixiou, Nathan, the Comte de Brambourg—all the cream of the dis- sipated crew—frequented her drawing-room. And, as lead- i... ...de, of a hundred condemned or suspected criminals, does not constitute the cream of society. These creatures, belonging for the most part to the lowes... ...means brother, friend, and comrade all in one. And these “Great Pals,” the cream of 390 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life the thieving fraternity, for m...

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...erhaps that’s the reason,” he answered promptly. “I’m afraid I haven’t any cream, you know—shall you mind a slice of lemon instead?” “I shall like it ... ...en protracted over Mr. Bry’s exceptional cigars and a bewildering array of liqueurs, and many of the other tables were empty; but a sufficient number ...

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...er had been prepared for him than for the others, such as a little clotted cream or stewed pears. He told stories. Charles found himself laughing, but... ...s had been filled to the brim with wine beforehand. Large dishes of yellow cream, that trembled with the least shake of the table, had designed on the... ...trees, and she saw herself again as formerly, skimming with her finger the cream off the milk-pans in the dairy. But in the refulgence of the present ... ...re were a great many people to luncheon. The repast lasted ten minutes; no liqueurs were served, which astonished the doctor. Next, Mademoiselle d”And... ...op of jars, excelled in making all kinds of preserves, vinegars, and sweet liqueurs; he knew also all the latest inventions in economic stoves, togeth... ... her nails with the care of a chaser, and that there was never enough cold-cream for her skin, nor of patchouli for her handkerchiefs. She loaded her-... ...ed room of a tavern, at whose door hung black nets. They ate fried smelts, cream and cherries. They lay down upon the grass; they kissed be- hind the ...

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... their choicest vintages, seeing carefully to the dessert, the coffee, the liqueurs, giving him of their best, in short; the best, moreover, of those ... ... his little German jokes, Pons fell to regretting the delicate dishes, the liqueurs, the good coffee, the table talk, the insincere politeness, the gu... ... for, in the first place, one must live. Pons thought wistfully of certain creams—surely the po- etry of cookery!—of certain white sauces, masterpiece... ...something rarer, on a fat Rhine carp with a sauce, thin in the sauce-boat, creamy upon the palate, a sauce that deserved the Montyon prize! The conduc... ...were fried before; fish from Lake Leman, with a real Genevese sauce, and a cream for plum-pudding which would have astonished the London doctor who is...

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...e, and eating the nice preserved mush rooms of all kinds to accompany the liqueurs. They all sympathised with him in his trouble and tried to help hi... ... life it self – not this playing at living, not this skimming life of its cream. Of real life there was none. The best of her memories was her love f... ..., silver samovar (at least it looked like silver), a coffee pot, hot milk, cream, butter, and all sorts of fancy white bread and biscuits. The only pe...

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...ack, bearing a tray and tall glasses filled each with piled parti-coloured liqueurs, on the top of which an egg-yolk swam. Fleetwood gave example. Swa... ...criticism or conscious reflection; simply the engine of the commixed three liqueurs, with parlous fine thoughts, and a sense of steaming into the infi... ...re he is, bankrup’, and a devil of a licking into the bargain. That ‘s the cream of our profession, if a man has got no paytron. No prize-ring can liv... ...t. Ombre. The courtly Frenchman won the ladies to join him in whipping the cream of the world for five min- utes, and passed out before his flavour wa... ... adora- tion, close upon the invasion and capture of him by the com- bined liqueurs in the giddy Batlen lights; and joining the Ara- bian magic in his...

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...re ladies and young girls offer after dinner the as- sistance that coffee, liqueurs, and sugar afford to diners who are struggling in the toils of a p... ...pause, ‘you are so very fond of milk, and to- night we happen to have some cream. Here, will you not take some?’ “She pounced like a kitten, on a chin... ...ch me with my want of consideration, and I melted at once and accepted the cream that might have been meant for her morning’s breakfast. The poor chil... ...to bedabble it in coffee; she was playing merrily with it, taking away the cream that she had just allowed the kitten to sniff at, so as to exercise i...

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...-white tunics, salmon-coloured legs, and blue scarfs, who flitted on sleek cream-coloured horses before our eyes at night, with all the aid of lights,... ...ures beneath them, are left in a state of pleasing hesitation between ‘The Cream of the Valley, ’ ‘The Out and Out, ’ ‘The No Mistake, ’ ‘The Good for... ...‘The regular Flare-up, ’ and a dozen other, equally inviting and wholesome liqueurs. Although places of this description are to be met with in every s...

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...he overflow from the Purple Emperor, tears south with her seven vestibuled cream-white cars, you will hear, as the yard-clock makes the half-hour, a f... ...clock in the afternoon, and the notepaper was almost bridal in its scented creaminess. When I reached the house I saw that there were new curtains in ... ...om. McPhee gets it from a Dutchman in Java, and I think he doctors it with liqueurs. But the crown of the feast was some Madeira of the kind you can o... ...air,” Janet put in. Her own hair is the splendid red-gold that goes with a creamy complexion. “My word, I was an angry man that day! Forbye I was fond... ...ere floated out a voice of the kind that in his childhood he used to call “creamy” a full, true con- tralto; and this is the song that he heard, every...

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... he” (here he nodded towards his companion) “got his mug smeared with sour cream in a shocking place, all through that chap Mitroshka …khe-e.” His com... ... covered with eat- ables, pies, tarts, and decanters of different-coloured liqueurs, when Masloboev drew me into a corner and said: “The young fellow’...

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...-white tunics, salmon-coloured legs, and blue scarfs, who flitted on sleek cream-coloured horses before our eyes at night, with all the aid of lights,... ...ures beneath them, are left in a state of pleasing hesitation between ‘The Cream of the Valley, ’ ‘The Out and Out, ’ ‘The No Mistake, ’ ‘The Good for... ...‘The regular Flare-up, ’ and a dozen other, equally inviting and wholesome liqueurs. Although places of this description are to be met with in every s...

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...y’ve left off. They’ve been drinking tea, the official gentleman asked for liqueurs.” “Stay, T rifon Borissovitch, stay, my good soul, I’ll see fo... ... s nice you’ve brought the champagne. I want some myself, and I can’t bear liqueurs. And best of all, you’ve come yourself. We were fearfully dull her... ... not true. Let me be rich and all the rest poor, I’ll eat sweets and drink cream and not give any to anyone else. Ach, don’t speak, don’t say anything...

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...ether one came on horseback, or came on foot; and that it kept good wines, liqueurs, and brandy. The man turned the handle of the Break of Day door, a... ...shed. With the aid of its content, a newspa- per, and some skimming of the cream of the pie-stock, Flora got through the remainder of the day in perfe...