The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other StoriesI gathered that grandmamma's birthday had been forgotten and...
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Author: Bennett, Arnold,1867-1931
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The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

$19.99 $9.99

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Bennett, Arnold,1867-1931
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

I gathered that grandmamma's birthday had been forgotten and that it was not a festival that could be neglected with impunity. Both Mr and Mrs Brindley had evidently a humorous appreciation of crises, contretemps, and those collisions of circumstances which are usually called "junctures" for short. I could have imagined either of them saying to the other: "Here's a funny thing! The house is on fire!" And then yielding to laughter as they ran for buckets. Mrs Brindley, in particular, laughed now; she gazed at the table-cloth and laughed almost silently to herself; though it appeared that their joint forgetfulness might result in temporary estrangement from a venerable ancestor who was also, birthdays being duly observed, a continual fount of rich presents in specie. Robert Brindley drew a time-table from his breast-pocket with the rapid gesture of habit. All men of business in the Five Towns seem to carry that time-table in their breast-pockets. Then he examined his watch carefully. The two little boys, aged perhaps four and six, who had been ladling the messy contents of specially deep plates on to their bibs, dropped their spoons and began to babble about grea'-granny, and one of them insisted several times that he must wear his new gaiters. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 12995
Author: Bennett, Arnold
Release Date: Jul 22, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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