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Rhoda Fleming

CHAPTER XI
13/23

He welcomed the candles gladly, and soon had all the cupboards in the room royally open.
Bustle is instinctively adopted by the human race as the substitute of comfort.

He called for more lights, more plates, more knives and forks.
He sent for ice the maid observed that it was not to be had save at a distant street: "Jump into a cab--champagne's nothing without ice, even in Winter," he said, and rang for her as she was leaving the house, to name a famous fishmonger who was sure to supply the ice.
The establishment soon understood that Mr.Ayrton intended dining within those walls.

Fresh potatoes were put on to boil.

The landlady came up herself to arouse the fire.

The maid was for a quarter of an hour hovering between the order to get ice and the execution of immediate commands.


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