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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... 'MISSING' CHAPTER I I set the tea, Miss?' Miss Cookson turned from the window. ' Yes -- bring it up -- except the tea of course -- they ought to be here at any time.' ' And Mrs. Weston wants to know what time supper's to be ? ' The fair-haired girl speaking was clearly north- country. ' She pronounced the ' u' in ' supper, ' as though it were the German ' u ' in Suppe. Miss Cookson shrugged her shoulders. ' Well, they'll settle that.' The tone was sharp and off-hand. And the maidservant, as she went downstairs, decided for the twentieth time that afternoon, that she didn't like Miss Cookson, and she hoped her sister, Mrs. Sar- ratt, would be nicer. Miss Cookson had been poking her nose into everything that afternoon, fiddling with the rooms and furniture, and interfering with Mrs. Weston. As if Mrs. Weston didn't know what to order for lodgers, and how to make them comfortable As if she hadn't had dozens of bridesand bridegrooms to look after before this -- and if she hadn't given them all satisfaction, would they ever have sent her all them picture-postcards which decorated her little parlour downstairs? All the same, the house-parlourmaid, Milly by name, was a good deal excited about this particular couple who were now expected. For Mrs. Weston had told her it had been a ' war wedding, ' and the bridegroom was going off to the front in a week. Milly's own private affairs -- in connection with a good-looking fellow, formerly a gardener at Bow- ness, now recently enlisted in one of the Border regiments -- had caused her to take a special interest in the information, and had perhaps led her to put a bunch of monthly roses on Mrs. Sarratt's dressing- table. Miss Cookson hadn't bothered herself about...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150102271 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150102276 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $25.69 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 170 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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