1/12 CHAPTER TWO. Well, Ladle then, if you don't like Spoon." "And you have it Scorcher if you like, old Burnet." "Burnet's a better name than Ladelle." "Oh, is it! I don't know so much about that, Vincey. And it isn't pronounced as if it was going into a soup tureen. It's a fine old French name." "Of course I know your finicking way of calling it _Lah Delle_; but, if you're English, it's Ladle. |