Vindication of FriendsGetz & Buck, 1852 - 40 Seiten |
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Seite 34 - I am annoyed. This want of punctuality is very trying. My sister's convenience is sadly disregarded.' " Ellen at that moment saw the gentlemen we were waiting for, entering the gate ; and, at a quarter after three, Friend John and his sister were satisfying the desires of the inner man with much apparent enjoyment. As soon as the cloth had been removed, and the wines and fruits laid on the table, the Friends dropped into the well-known ominous silence ; and one after another preached a domestic...
Seite 33 - I sent to all the confectioners' shops, but there was none to be had ; and Debby is kept running about waiting on them, so that she could not make it ; and, besides that, the butchers have not got any calves' feet. I sent round to them all to try. Friend John says he is quite distressed on account of his sister, as she requires those things, and that they quite expected to have them at my house, which makes the disappointment greater to them now.
Seite 35 - One of the young people took the loaf to cut some thinner slices for the important lady ; and whilst doing so, Friend John, leaning forward, said, " Dost thou not feel it a privilege to be permitted to cut bread for my sister?" We were all glad when the weary day was over ; for though we fully appreciated the honour of having the company, under our own roof, of these celebrated Friends, still our feelings had been tried, by the manner in which they had received our attentions.
Seite 33 - It was nine o'clock before the pigs' feet came, and then we set to work to manufacture them into jelly. My mother sat up all night, and had her task accomplished by eight o'clock in the morning, when it was sent down in a large cut glass dish ; and she had, soon after, the pleasure of hearing that the English Friends said it was the nicest calf's foot jelly they had ever tasted.
Seite 34 - Probably they will arrive," he said, "whilst dinner is being placed on the table. With thy permission, I will ring for it." And he rose and walked across the room, and rang the bell. The butler entered. " Let dinner be served," he called out. The man looked amazed, but withdrew. I went down stairs to tell my sister how the matter stood. She countermanded the order ; and fearing that the Friends were hungry and suffering, called one of the
Seite 36 - The great numbers that followed us, almost wherever we went, was one of those things that I believe was too much for me, no one can tell but those who have been brought into similar circumstances, what it is to feel as I did at such times ; often weak and fagged in body, exhausted in mind, having things of importance to direct my attention to, and not less than a multitude around me, each expecting a word, or some mark of attention.
Seite 33 - ... lawn ; and knowing, from his manner, that something had occurred to ruffle him, my mother went to meet him. ' Oh !' said he, ' what shall I do ? after all I have not got things right for the Friends, and I am come to thee to help me. They cannot drink anything but London porter, and Elizabeth has called for calf s-foot jelly. I sent to all the confectioners...
Seite 29 - The reader will, perhaps, be as surprised as we were to find the charge of drunkenness and ' unbounded gormandizing ' followed by such querulous passages as these : — ' By very urgent entreaty, we accompanied a friend to his house to dinner that day. He was a very rich man, and had both a town and country house. He had often been feasted at our home, and now he set us down with a large company to eat potatoes and cabbage and fried liver, and nothing else. . . . We took an early leave of the party,...
Seite 27 - She thus describes her status in society : — ' My father was a wealthy merchant, and an extensive landed proprietor. Our dwelling, a short distance from the town, stood in a lawn of about ten acres (!). The garden was large, and, as well as the conservatories and shrubberies, was always kept in the most elegant order. My mother had her chariot ; we girls had a handsome open barouche ; for my father's own use there was a stanhope ; and there was the jaunting car for everybody.
Seite 34 - Friends were hungry and suffering, called one of the " train-young men," and told him to hand them a glass of wine and a biscuit, to enable them to fast about ten minutes longer. " Ah !" said he, " there is not the slightest occasion ; as soon as ever the meeting was over, they went home, and called for beef-steak and porter ; they all three eat heartily of that, and jelly besides." Whilst we were speaking, Friend John himself joined us in the dining-room. "Really,