Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 946
to see fair play. Each servant fell to work greedily with his knifeand fork, and just as he had got a delicious morselhalf-way to his mouth, the gnome on the back ofhis chair stretched himself forward and calmlysnatched the meat from the end of the fork. Thus,all the way around the table, each man… … lUt bAKUN SfKA.NG LP WITH AN EXCLAMATION UK t-KlOHl. near splitting his sides with laughter. The firstcourse was boiled beef and cabbage. The smellwas delicious to Xilss hungry nostrils, but he hadto conquer his appetite in order to see the end ofthe game. The steward stood at the end of thetable…
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