He had not been very well that morning, suffering from some difficulty in breathing, and had not preached in consequence; she was not surprised, therefore, that he was nearly silent at luncheon, still less that he made no allusion to Will Ladislaw.
He intended, on the strength of relationship, to go into the drawing-room and wait there without being announced; and seeing his old acquaintance the butler in the hall, he said, "Don't mention that I am here, Pratt; I will wait till luncheon; I know Mr.
" The next day, at luncheon, the butler, handing something to Mr.
I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
I forced him to eat, and after luncheon I induced him to lie down, but he could not sleep.
Stroeve did all the housework herself; and while Dirk painted bad pictures, she went marketing, cooked the luncheon, sewed, occupied herself like a busy ant all the day; and in the evening sat in the studio, sewing again, while Dirk played music which I am sure was far beyond her comprehension.
An appeal to the emotions is little likely to be effectual before luncheon.
Strickland asked me for my address, and a few days later I received an invitation to luncheon.
Now, sit down at that table—there's stacks of letter-paper on it, with 'Toad Hall' at the top in blue and gold—and write invitations to all our friends, and if you stick to it we shall get them out before luncheon.
By the time he came down again luncheon was on the table, and very glad Toad was to see it, for he had been through some trying experiences and had taken much hard exercise since the excellent breakfast provided for him by the gipsy.
And the people in it were the very same people he had sat and watched at luncheon in the coffee-room!
They'll be out till luncheon time, so you and I will spend a pleasant morning together, and I'll do my best to amuse you.
"It must be getting on for luncheon time," he remarked to the Otter.
It was luncheon time, and we were invited to partake.
He would prepare for his luncheon of dry bread and water.
The two men got out some food and made a luncheon.
Miss Leefolt, she like it fancy when she do a luncheon.
The former president will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon at a health care conference in September, Fox Business reported, citing sources at the firm.
It was luncheon time, and we wereinvited to partake.
(He recounted this story again at the Oscar nominees' luncheon on Monday.
