The Badminton Magazine 1899-02: Vol 8 Iss 43 (1899)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 42
h your hands or have soup for dinner. You must make your choice, because, as a rule, there is in the house only one small saucepan of water, which can be used for either purpose but is not sufficient for both. Asan old traveller, perhaps I may give a hint—‘ Have the soup.’ More water can be… … the news of your arrival, would communicate it to each fresh- comer and linger on with a pleasant feeling of self-importance. We at once ordered dinner—a grand word, but the result of which generally fell short of the title. While we were warming ourselves the door was flung open, by a stalwart…
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