Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 286W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 142
Just such a survivor greeted me , almost grinning , when I was tidying a neglected drawer last night . It is the menu - card of a vanished eating - place in Soho . Within a romantic - coloured border advertising chartreuse , more than ...
Just such a survivor greeted me , almost grinning , when I was tidying a neglected drawer last night . It is the menu - card of a vanished eating - place in Soho . Within a romantic - coloured border advertising chartreuse , more than ...
Page 143
The chef was paid his wages on the last Friday of the month and always got ingloriously drunk that night . The meal then was horrible , and was accompanied by an inexhaustible duet between him and Madame , shouted in gutter French ...
The chef was paid his wages on the last Friday of the month and always got ingloriously drunk that night . The meal then was horrible , and was accompanied by an inexhaustible duet between him and Madame , shouted in gutter French ...
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Ned bustled in one night in his most expansive mood . “ Me daughter's birthday ! ” ( Until that moment we supposed him a childless widower . ) “ We're going to celebrate . ” The dinner that night was a masterpiece or was it our mood ...
Ned bustled in one night in his most expansive mood . “ Me daughter's birthday ! ” ( Until that moment we supposed him a childless widower . ) “ We're going to celebrate . ” The dinner that night was a masterpiece or was it our mood ...
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Contents
SOME GEORGE CROSS ISLANDERS BY J P MAURICE | 97 |
ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER BY R R MONEY | 160 |
STRANGE TALES | 515 |
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