“ Mrs. Teak raised her voice to a pitch that set his teeth on edge. "My money!" she wailed. "It's all gone! All gone!""Money?" repeated Mr. Teak, hardly able to contain himself. "What money?""All—all my savings!" moaned his wife. "Savings!" said the delighted Mr. Teak. "What savings?""Money I have been putting by for our old age," said his wife. "Three hundred and twenty-two pounds. All gone!"In a fit of sudden generosity Mr. Teak decided then and there that Mr. Chase should have the odd twenty-two pounds. ”
W. W. Jacobs
Quotes from Fairy Gold (W. W. Jacobs)
“ Teak, with amiable cheerfulness, "I'll stay at 'ome.""'Ow-'ow much are they?" growled her husband, scowling at Mr. Chase."All prices," replied his wife."Yes, I know," said Mr. Teak, in a grating voice. "You go in to buy a hat at one and eleven-pence; you get talked over and flattered by a man like a barber's block, and you come out with a four-and-six penny one. The only real difference in hats is the price, but women can never see it."Mrs. Teak smiled faintly, and again expressed her willingness to stay at home. They could spend the afternoon working in the garden, she said. ”
“ Teak drew a breath, which he endeavoured in vain to render noiseless."It got its pore little foot caught in the brickwork," continued the veracious Mr. Chase, tenderly. "I released it, and it flowed—I mean flew—up the chimbley."With the shamefaced air of a man detected in the performance of a noble action, he passed out of the room. Husband and wife eyed each other."That's Alf—that's Alf all over," said Mr. Teak, with enthusiasm. "He's been like it from a child. He's the sort of man that 'ud dive off Waterloo Bridge to save the life of a drownding sparrow." ”
