Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

Author:Robert Smith Surtees [Surtees, Robert Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humorous stories, England -- Fiction, Hunting stories, Fox hunting -- Fiction
Published: 2005-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

She did not offer him any, and his lordship continued his attentions to her until Mrs. Jawleyford entered.

Dinner was presently announced; but his lordship, instead of choosing to sit with his back to the fire, took the single chair opposite, which gave him a commanding view of the young ladies. He did not, however, take any advantage of his position during the repast, neither did he talk much, his maxim being to let his meat stop his mouth. The preponderance of his observations, perhaps, were addressed to Amelia, though a watchful observer might have seen that the spectacles were oftener turned upon Emily. Up to the withdrawal of the cloth, however, there was no perceptible advantage on either side.

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