Raspberry Jam
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Оглавление
Wells Carolyn. Raspberry Jam
Chapter I. The Great Hanlon
Chapter II. A Trip To Newark
Chapter III. The Stunt
Chapter IV. The Emburys
Chapter V. The Explanation
Chapter VI. A Slammed Door
Chapter VII. A Vision
Chapter VIII. The Examiner
Chapter IX. Hamlet
Chapter X. A Confession
Chapter XI. Fifi
Chapter XII. In Hanlon’s Office
Chapter XIII. Fleming Stone
Chapter XIV. The Five Senses
Chapter XV. Marigny The Medium
Chapter XVI. Fibsy’s Busy Day
Chapter XVII. Hanlon’s Ambition
Chapter XVIII. The Guilty One
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Perhaps no factor is more indicative of the type of a home life than its breakfast atmosphere. For, in America, it is only a small proportion, even among the wealthy who ‘breakfast in their rooms.’ And a knowledge of the appointments and customs of the breakfast are often data enough to stamp the status of the household.
In the Embury home, breakfast was a pleasant send-off for the day. Both Sanford and Eunice were of the sort who wake up wide-awake, and their appearance in the dining-room was always an occasion of merry banter and a leisurely enjoyment of the meal. Aunt Abby, too, was at her best in the morning, and breakfast was served sufficiently early to do away with any need for hurry on Sanford’s part.
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“No; but a woman does want a little cash with her—”
“Oh, that, of course! I quite subscribe to that. But I gave you a couple of dollars yesterday.”
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