The Darling Buds of May (1958)
The Darling Buds of May
“The morning was humid, dreamy, and overcast, with low mist on the river. Pop, who had already been up an hour, giving swill to pigs and fodder to the Jersey cow, and was now staunching back the first pangs of hunger with a few slices of bread and Cheddar cheese doused half an inch thick with tomato ketchup, said he thought ‘the wevver looked a little bit thick in the clear’ but otherwise, with luck, it ought to be all right by noon.
Mr Charlton breakfasted on two lean pork cutlets, some scrambl...ed eggs cooked by Mariette, fried potatoes, and four halves of tomato.
‘In the old days,’ said Pop, whose estimation of Mr Charlton rose almost every time he talked to him, especially on occasions like coming down to breakfast at a good time and getting outside a reasonable amount of food, ‘my Dad used to tell me that they always had beer for breakfast. Like a glass o’ beer?’ Mr Charlton thanked him and said he didn’t think he would. Mariette had just made tea.
‘Well, I think I will,’ Pop said.MoreLess
Mr Charlton breakfasted on two lean pork cutlets, some scrambl...ed eggs cooked by Mariette, fried potatoes, and four halves of tomato.
‘In the old days,’ said Pop, whose estimation of Mr Charlton rose almost every time he talked to him, especially on occasions like coming down to breakfast at a good time and getting outside a reasonable amount of food, ‘my Dad used to tell me that they always had beer for breakfast. Like a glass o’ beer?’ Mr Charlton thanked him and said he didn’t think he would. Mariette had just made tea.
‘Well, I think I will,’ Pop said.MoreLess
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