I'll just get a tablecloth and then—" The tablecloth was in a box with a proper lock that was opened with a key and not with a shovel, and when the cloth was spread on the table, a real feast was laid out on it.
Jay, aware that impropriety is the soul of wit, made observations in tones hardly above a whisper that might well have tinged the snowy tablecloth with a rosy hue.
Remember running up to a parent or guardian and asking them to look at a picture you'd colored or cape you'd made out of an expensive tablecloth?
When he grasped the glass often milk spilled on the tablecloth.
No sooner had I finished than the famous writer placed his glass firmly on the white tablecloth, leaned back and declared: "Glynnis MacNicol, you have a terrible life!
To understand what a feat this is, imagine a standard dining room table covered in a black tablecloth ,,, and someone throwing a handful of salt across it.
When he grasped his glass of milk, it often spilled clumsily at the tablecloth.
When he grasped the glass often milk spilled on the tablecloth.
Others set up dozens of tables in the yard, spread a tablecloth on each.
We dined the traditional way, sitting on cushions around the room, tablecloth spread on the floor, eating with our hands in groups of four or five from common platters.
When he grasped the glass often milk spilled on the tablecloth.
When he grasped, the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.
The hat is of no use to me, and I will willingly give it for your tablecloth.
Laughter and the howls of dogs were heard through the open windows: there they were feasting and revelling; wine and strong old ale were foaming in the glasses and jugs; the favourite dogs ate with their masters; now and then the squires kissed one of these animals, after having wiped its mouth first with the tablecloth.
As I watched the white tablecloth and freshly painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face.
