The Observations of Henry
Book Excerpt: ...er name in print, and then the papers always said as how she was charming and graceful and beautiful, so I suppose the family had made up its mind to get used to her.One evening in she comes to the Savoy. My wife put me up to getting that job, and a good job it is, mind you, when you know your way about. I'd never have had the cheek to try for it, if it hadn't been for the missis. She's a clever one--she is. I did a good day's work when I married her."You shave off that moustache of yours--it ain't an ornament," she says to me, "and chance it. Don't get attempting the lingo. Keep to the broken English, and put in a shrug or two. You can manage that all right."I followed her tip. Of course the manager saw through me, but I got in a "Oui, monsieur" now and again, and they, being short handed at the time, could not afford to be strict, I suppose. Anyhow I got took on, and there I stopped for the whole season, and that was the making of me.Well, as I was saying, in she comes to the...
Yazar | Jerome K. Jerome |
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Yayın Evi | Independently published |
Independently Published; Illustrated basım H. G. Wells Almanca Kolektif Fransızca Emily Grace Salzwasser-Verlag GmbH Leopold Classic Library Independently published F Scott Fitzgerald G.A. Henty J B SBoon Türkçe İtalyanca Outlook Verlag İngilizce İspanyolca HACHETTE LIVRE-BNF
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Baskı Detayları
Yazar | Jerome K. Jerome |
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İsbn 13 | 979-8678593979 |
Yayın Evi | Independently published |
De olduğu gibi | B08KH3RY2X |
tarafından gönderildi The Observations of Henry | 1 Ekim 2020 |