E. R. Punshon

Name: A Tartar of a Girl
Author: E. R. Punshon

A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

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“A Tartar of a Girl”, published in 1904, is a work by E. R. Punshon. It explores elements such as Cecelia, Mary and dinner.

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ I explained, "it got so late, dinner would not have been ready unless I had helped."
"You have become very thoughtful all at once," said Mary, suspiciously, "where is Amelia, and had you any trouble with her?"
"She was rather obstinate at first," I remarked loudly, "but she gave in when she saw it was no good."
"Oh," same a soft murmur from the pantry, while Mary remarked approvingly:
"I thought it would be all right if you were firm, though how you have got your self into such a mess, I can't imagine. I missed that train and could not find Cecelia—why!—what—oh, oh!" ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ I told her I should have thought a girl like her could easily have got a dozen better jobs, and we were getting quite confidential when I heard the front door open and Mary calling me. In a moment or two she appeared at the kitchen door, my companion suddenly disappearing into the pantry.
"Gracious!" said Mary. Then she sat down on a chair with signs of what I considered excessive astonishment. "What—have—you—been doing?" she asked, speaking like a minute-gun.
"I have only been helping Amelia," I replied, meekly, keenly conscious of suppressed giggling from behind. ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ I added, viciously, "you'll miss that train as sure as fate, and then what will happen to your dear Cecelia?"
Mary shrieked, said I was horrid to frighten her so, collected most of her belongings, felt to make sure she had her purse, gave her hat a final tilt, wondered what she had forgotten, shrieked again as she looked at the clock, and departed with a flutter of skirts and a final injunction not to let Amelia go. "Tell her you'll kill her first," screamed Mary from the garden-gate, and added as an afterthought from the footpath, "Dead!" ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ She glanced about her with an appearance of surprise, while I wiped my brow and set my back against the door, taking thankful note that all the windows were locked.
"Now," said I, with a judicious mixture of politeness and firmness, "here is the kitchen and there is the dinner and you, my good girl, have got to set to work to cook it. Mrs. Drummond says she will see you when she returns."
"Wh—what?" gasped my captive.
"It's no good your pretending to be so surprised," I said, feeling that now the time for firmness had come, "you've just jolly well got to do what you're told." ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ Mary and I gasped in about equal amazement, and Cecelia continued:
"He told me the dinner must be cooked, because you were expecting a Tartar of a girl from America; the country over the sea, you know," she added, with a perfect imitation of my manner and gesture.
"Well, Thomas," said Mary, resignedly, "our family never was famous for the intelligence of its male members, but even in their small allotment of brains, you have most certainly no share." ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ I grumbled, "the dinner's got to be cooked, for Mary would never forgive me if Cecelia went hungry."
"I suppose you wouldn't mind?" she asked.
"Not a bit," I declared, "I'm sick of hearing the very name of Cecelia, her praises have been dinned into me so. Don't you think that fender will do? My back's near breaking."
"It's a pretty inferior job," she remarked, "not a hired girl but would be set to doing it all over again, but no doubt it's the best you can manage. I'm afraid the chimney will have to be cleaned, the fire's not drawing properly." ”

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E. R. Punshon, A Tartar of a Girl (1904)

“ The longest-living author of this work died in 1956, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 66 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”

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