Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst
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"What's all this junk in this barrel?" "Them's kitchen utensils, honey." "Kitchen what?" "Kitchen things that you don't know nothing about except to eat good things out of." "What's this?" "Don't bend it! That's a celery-brush. Ain't it cute?" "A celery-brush! Why didn't you get it a comb, too?" "Aw, now, honey-bee, don't go trying to be funny and picking through these things you don't know nothing about! They're just cute things I'm going to cook something grand suppers in, for my something awful bad boy." He leaned down to kiss her at that. "Gee!" She was standing, her shoulder to him and head thrown back against his chest. She looked up to stroke his cheek, her face foreshortened. "I'm all black and blue pinching myself, Jimmie." "Me too." |
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