( Don't mind her, there's a greater toss to plan, and dear, oh dear, the cake are just ready, she's pinched one and there's no trouble of stuffing bursting from the seams.
Gently, the cakes tumble down on a plate, and she delivers it with a fork that's been amputated of a tine. No knife to be handed out freely, no sir — once she's set breakfast down on a creaking wood table, she cuts the ham down in parts herself. )
You come eat, now, eat while it's hot. Food's only good steaming. Now, what's this about... no, pet, poor poppet, oh, I've given you a fright, have I? No, no, dear, not a proper fall, more in one o'them, you know, you, oh, you're clever... a metaphysic? Metafuse? A one o' those.
( ...a metaphor by any other name. ) Had itself a spot of trouble, did Serthica, a few years back. Only a bit o'sickness. Made a fuss over it, but they squabbled how it's to be handled. Was. You ask me, poppet, folks who have it good, they find any reason for quarrel.
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( Don't mind her, there's a greater toss to plan, and dear, oh dear, the cake are just ready, she's pinched one and there's no trouble of stuffing bursting from the seams.
Gently, the cakes tumble down on a plate, and she delivers it with a fork that's been amputated of a tine. No knife to be handed out freely, no sir — once she's set breakfast down on a creaking wood table, she cuts the ham down in parts herself. )
You come eat, now, eat while it's hot. Food's only good steaming. Now, what's this about... no, pet, poor poppet, oh, I've given you a fright, have I? No, no, dear, not a proper fall, more in one o'them, you know, you, oh, you're clever... a metaphysic? Metafuse? A one o' those.
( ...a metaphor by any other name. ) Had itself a spot of trouble, did Serthica, a few years back. Only a bit o'sickness. Made a fuss over it, but they squabbled how it's to be handled. Was. You ask me, poppet, folks who have it good, they find any reason for quarrel.