This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...Suppose the man won't come! Or suppose he should come in the guise of a roaring dragon to break up this dove-cote! I felt tolerably certain of one thing, and that was the surprise in store for Mr. Richard Ely. On the fifth afternoon after my mistress mailed her letter, I was alone in the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...Suppose the man won't come! Or suppose he should come in the guise of a roaring dragon to break up this dove-cote! I felt tolerably certain of one thing, and that was the surprise in store for Mr. Richard Ely. On the fifth afternoon after my mistress mailed her letter, I was alone in the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Ely were out, and I was busy preparing the vegetables for dinner. There was a heavy step in the passage, and a sharp rat-tat sounded on the panels of the door. I opened it, thinking it might be the woman with the laundry. A big, ruddy-faced, white-bearded man confronted me. " Hello!" he exclaimed. " Who 's this?" I knew him in a minute. " My mistress is out, sir," I said civilly. "Won't you walk in, if you please, sir?" I ushered him into the little parlor, where the first thing his eyes rested upon was a photograph of himself in golf clothes. Mrs. Ely had arranged violets beneath it in a tiny vase. " Humph!" ejaculated the old gentleman, blowing his nose violently. " Guess I 've struck the right place. Hold on, you--" I had begun to retreat kitchenward. "Who are you, anyhow?" " I am Mrs. Ely's maid, sir," I replied, glad of my clean white apron and irreproachable collar. "Well, well, well, upon my soul!" he exclaimed irrelevantly. " Where 'd you say your mistress is?" " She is out walking with Mr. Ely, sir." At this he exploded violently under his breath, his face turning so purple that I was alarmed for an instant. "Does the puppy treat her well?" he demanded fiercely. " I don't know what you mean, sir," I said with tranquil stupidity; " there 's no puppy about the place that I know of, sir." The old gentleman burst with a great laugh, and, being seemingly restored to good humor by it, began a leisurely tour of inspection about the...
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