The Little Room, and Other Stories

Madeline Yale Wynne

• Editore: Perlego
• Anno: 2019
• ISBN:
  9700000058855
• Argomento: Literatur
• Categoria: Nordamerikanische Literarische Sammlungen

OW would it do for a smoking-room?''Just the very place! only, you know, Roger, you must not think of smoking in the house. I am almost afraidthat having just a plain, common man around, let alonea smoking man, will upset Aunt Hannah. She is NewEngland-Vermont New England-boiled down.' 'You leave Aunt Hannah to me; I'll find her tenderside. I'm going to ask her about the old sea-captain andthe yellow calico.' 'Not yellow calico-blue chintz.''Well, yellow shell then.''No, no! don't mix it up so; you won't know yourself what to expect, and that's half the fun.''Now you tell me again exactly what to expect; to tell the truth, I didn't half hear about it the other day; I waswool-gathering. It was something queer that happenedwhen you were a child, wasn't it?'