Montague's story Lord Marmaduke's First, Last, and Only Love; or
the Bride of the Castle by the Sea, but says they fit Miss Reade
better than anything she could make up.
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT
Always keep the kitchen tidy and then you needn't mind if company
comes unexpectedly.
ANXIOUS INQUIRER: We don't know anything that will take the stain
out of a silk dress when a soft-boiled egg is dropped on it.
Better not wear your silk dress so often, especially when boiling
eggs.
Ginger tea is good for colds.
OLD HOUSEKEEPER: Yes, when the baking-powder gives out you can use
tooth-powder instead.
(FELICITY: "I never wrote that! I don't care, I don't think it's
fair for other people to be putting things in my department!")
Our apples are not keeping well this year. They are rotting; and
besides father says we eat an awful lot of them.
PERSEVERANCE: I will give you the recipe for dumplings you ask
for. But remember it is not everyone who can make dumplings, even
from the recipe. There's a knack in it.
If the soap falls into the porridge do not tell your guests about
it until they have finished eating it because it might take away
their appetite.
FELICITY KING.
ETIQUETTE DEPARTMENT
P-r C-g:--Do not criticize people's noses unless you are sure they
can't hear you, and don't criticize your best girl's great-aunt's
nose in any case.
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