At the House of the Magician
“‘However am I supposed to run this house with no other servants? ’Tis more than an old body can stand! It’s Mistress Midge this, Mistress Midge that from morn to night. And now, if you please, the master has taken a fancy to having a jug of posset and some sweet biscuits brought to him.’ ‘I’ll take them in,’ I offered.
‘But there are no biscuits! There’s no time to make biscuits and no sugar if there were time. There will be no biscuits of any sort made until he’s paid the grocer’s bill! Tell h...im that, will you?’ I looked at her uncertainly. How could I ever do such a thing?
‘Oh, ’tis past all endurance!’ Mistress Midge stamped across the kitchen, causing Beth, Merryl and Tom-fool to skitter out of her way, and lifted a trapdoor in the floor. She went down a dozen steps then came up, puffing with effort, holding a dusty, dark bottle. ‘Make him the posset, and he’ll have to be content with that!’ I took the bottle from her and the children and I exchanged a smile, for I was fast becoming used to cook’s temper and hardly jumped at all when she shouted now.MoreLess
‘But there are no biscuits! There’s no time to make biscuits and no sugar if there were time. There will be no biscuits of any sort made until he’s paid the grocer’s bill! Tell h...im that, will you?’ I looked at her uncertainly. How could I ever do such a thing?
‘Oh, ’tis past all endurance!’ Mistress Midge stamped across the kitchen, causing Beth, Merryl and Tom-fool to skitter out of her way, and lifted a trapdoor in the floor. She went down a dozen steps then came up, puffing with effort, holding a dusty, dark bottle. ‘Make him the posset, and he’ll have to be content with that!’ I took the bottle from her and the children and I exchanged a smile, for I was fast becoming used to cook’s temper and hardly jumped at all when she shouted now.MoreLess
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