Цитаты из книги автора Arnold Bennett The Old Wives' Tale

that attracted my attention. One was a beautiful, pale young girl, to whom I never spoke, for she was employed far away from the table which I affected. The other, a stout, middle-aged managing Breton woma

nce, when I complained about some French beans, she informed me roundly that French beans were a subject which I did not understand.

If I was absent for a couple of nights running she would reproach me sharply: "What! you are unfaithful to me?

One was a beautiful, pale young girl, to whom I never spoke, for she was employed far away from the table which I affected.