| A Pair of Blue Eyes Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798673817940 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.09 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerptat I should do, papa.''Well, it would be awkward, certainly.''I should hardly think he would come to-day.''Why?''Because the wind blows so.''Wind What ideas you have, Elfride Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly ...If he should come, you must send him up to me, I suppose, and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. Dear me, what a nuisance all this is ''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey.''Tea, then?''Not substantial enough.''High tea, then? There is cold fowl, rabbit-pie, some pasties, and things of that kind.''Yes, high tea.''Must I pour out his tea, papa?''Of course; you are the mistress of the house.''What sit there all the time with a stranger, just as if I knew him, and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense, child, about introducing; you know bet |