[The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookThe Astonishing History of Troy Town CHAPTER III 6/9
What is it ?" "Fill the warming-pan at once.
I'm going to bed." "To bed, love!" "Yes, to bed.
Don't I speak plainly enough? To bed, ma'am, to bed, and at once." "You are upset, dearest; be cool, I implore you." "Be cool! Be coo'-- Don't hector me, ma'am, but fetch that warming-pan at once.
I'll teach you about being cool! Sophy, pull off my boots." They obeyed.
The warming-pan was brought--an enormous engine, big enough to hold the Admiral himself--and the bed heated.
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