"Teatime" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... her own room, and Phoebe feared that her presence was intrusive, for she saw her hostess no more till teatime, when the wan face and placid smile almost made her weep at first, then wonder at the calm unconstrained manner in which her amusement was provided for, and feel ready to beg not to be treated like a child or a stranger. When parting for ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge
... Smelt and Mrs. Delany came to us at teatime. Then, and in their society, I grew more easy ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay
... in to see my old friend Dauvit Todd the cobbler. Many an evening have I spent in his dirty shop. Dauvit works on after teatime, and the village worthies gather round his fire and smoke and spit and grunt. I have sat there for an hour many a night, and not a single word was said. Peter Smith the blacksmith would give a great sigh and say: "Imphm!" There would be ...
— A Dominie in Doubt • A. S. Neill |
