William Dean Howells 
Five O’clock Tea [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Mrs. Somers, giving her hand: Why, Mr. Campbell How very nice of you How long have you been prowling about there on the landing? So stupid of them not to have turned up the gas!