[The Odds by Ethel M. Dell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Odds CHAPTER IX 11/17
"I know the furniture isn't up to much, but it isn't a bad little shanty when you're used to it.
My pater and mater spent their honeymoon here years ago, and I stayed here with two other fellows for three weeks' grouse-shooting a couple of years back. Rare sport we had, too.
Do you mind passing over that saucepan? Thanks! I say, Nan, I hope you don't mind it being a bit rough." "My dear boy," Nan said impulsively, "if it were a palace I shouldn't like it half so well." Jerry grinned serenely. "Yes, it's snug, anyhow, and I think you'll like that pheasant.
There's another one in the larder, so we shall have something to eat if we're snowed up.
That cupboard leads upstairs.
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