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The House of Toys
| Author: | Miller, Henry Russell
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| Language: | English | |
| Number of downloads: | 6 | |
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| Source: | http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24603 | |
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... "Oh, yes, undoubtedly." "That is my opinion. And she sings very nicely." Jonathan's mother sighed again. There was a dinner that included creations not found in cheap boarding-houses: fried chicken, for example, tender and flaky and brown, and crisp waffles with honey, and sweet potatoes in the southern style. It was cooked and served by a white-haired old negress whose round eyes popped with pride at the destruction David wrought. She listened shamelessly, fat bosom aquiver, to her radiant master's quips, commenting, "Mistuh Jon'than,--_chuckle_--ef yo' ain'--_chuckle_--de beatenes' evuh!" and warned David in a stage whisper to save room for a miracle of a pudding to come....