Father Snail could not speak, he was too much affected; and so they gave them as a dowry and inheritance, the whole forest of burdocks, and said--what they had always said--that it was the best in the world; and if they lived honestly and decently, and increased and multiplied, they and their children would once in the course of time come to the manor-house, be boiled black, and laid on silver
dishes. After this speech was made, the old ones crept into their shells, and never more came out.
The next morning at breakfast Jotham Powell was between them, and Ethan tried to hide his joy under an air of exaggerated indifference, lounging back in his chair to throw scraps to the cat, growling at the weather, and not so much as offering to help Mattie when she rose to clear away the
dishes.
The number of
dishes is sufficient; but then it is such a monotonous variety of UNSTRIKING
dishes.
And they flew down into the ashes; and the little doves put their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began pick, pick, pick; and they put all the good grain into the
dishes, and left all the ashes.
They then lifted up a fine white cloth covering fruit and a great variety of
dishes of different sorts; one who looked like a student said grace, and a page put a laced bib on Sancho, while another who played the part of head carver placed a dish of fruit before him.
They visited that next, and found a table and
dishes in the dining tent, with plenty of those things necessary to use in cooking.
When the meal was ended Anne came out of her reverie and offered to wash the
dishes.
She was washing
dishes by the light of a kerosene lamp.
And Natasha began rapidly taking out of the case
dishes and plates wrapped in paper.
He had no need to be strict with himself, as he had very quickly been brought down to the required light weight; but still he had to avoid gaining flesh, and so he eschewed farinaceous and sweet
dishes. He sat with his coat unbuttoned over a white waistcoat, resting both elbows on the table, and while waiting for the steak he had ordered he looked at a French novel that lay open on his plate.
The table was comfortably laid - no silver in the service, of course - and at the side of his chair was a capacious dumb-waiter, with a variety of bottles and decanters on it, and four
dishes of fruit for dessert.
The table-linen was of the most beautiful damask, and the plates and
dishes of real china, an article of great luxury at this early period of American commerce.