'Because if he had ever showed you a
teapot, I should be glad to know of it,' said Mr Boffin.
The black
teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs.
One of the linen chests was open; the silver
teapot was unwrapped from its many folds of paper, and the best china was laid out on the top of the closed linen-chest; spoons and skewers and ladles were spread in rows on the shelves; and the poor woman was shaking her head and weeping, with a bitter tension of the mouth, over the mark, "Elizabeth Dodson," on the corner of some tablecloths she held in her lap.
Pumblechook stood over me and poured out my tea - before I could touch the
teapot - with the air of a benefactor who was resolved to be true to the last.
She pours water out of the
teapot over a piece of stuff which she holds in her hand; it is the bodice; cleanliness is a fine thing.
There were the real solid silver
teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin, on the table, and real silver spoons to stir the tea with, and real china cups to drink it out of, and plates of the same, to hold the cakes and toast in.
Anyone who fails to do so will find his
teapot emptied and put away.
Cobb's seat and lifting the blue china
teapot, smiled faintly, smoothed her hair, and dried her eyes.
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the
teapot.
Instead of arranging the silver
teapot and china cups, she had set out an earthen tea-pot, such as was in common use in the farm kitchen.
Athelny poured tea out of a lustre
teapot which gave a note of England and the country-side to the festivity.