In a little time, Mary appeared, carrying a tray on which smoked a hot breakfast.

Now you cannot get tea before that hour, and then sit gaping, music bothered perhaps, till half-past twelve brings up the tray; and what you steal of convivial enjoyment after, is heavily paid for in the disquiet of to-morrow's head.

She entered the room again bearing a tray covered with a snowy napkin on which were quaint blue plates of delicious bread and butter, pumpkin pie, golden browned as only Dyce could bake it, and a cup of fragrant coffee.

And taking the tray of frail, dainty cups and saucers Cassy brought her, she started with it to the parlour.

Presently a lay-sister brought refreshments and set the tray on the table without speaking.

At sight of me he stopped instantly, holding his tray in front of him.

The attendant had placed the tray upon a table, disengaged the chains, and disappeared; the door opening and closing as he trod, somewhat more heavily than had been necessary for my host, upon particular points of the floor.

She picked up the tray, went to the door and passed out.

On taking away, he removes the tray with the china and plate, for which he is responsible.

Simoun lifted the tray and exhibited another filled with quaint jewels that would have satisfied the imaginations of seven débutantes on the eves of the balls in their honor.

Virginia filled her tray, and went away quietly, her pleasant yellow face as imperturbable as an idol's. PART THREE - TERTIUS "It is in many ways made plain to us That love must grow like any common thing, Root, bud, and leaf,

Lady Agnes directed her to fetch the tray, first inviting Mrs. Browne to accept Lord Deppingham's portion.

Westley Keyts, being skilfully awakened without scandal by his wife, drank a cup of strong coffee to clear his brain, and cordially consumed as many segments of cake as he was able to glean from passing trays, speculating comfortably, meanwhile, about the message of Emerson,chiefly as to why Emerson had not sent it by mail, thus savinghe estimatedat least a hundred and twenty dollars in telegraph tolls.

He deposits a tray with decanter and glasses, and retires again.) QUEEN.

Marco got a big tin tray, and he and Andy carried a double breakfast to Billy Blow's tent.

Apollonie now prepared the breakfast tray, setting on it the good old china that the Baroness had always used.

In the morning she ran, huddling on her dressing-gown, into a heated bathroom, and when she emerged from this, the maid had always lighted her fire, and laid her breakfast-tray close to the blaze.

I finished my mealfinished it in the most complete sense of the phraseand then, putting down my tray on the floor, reverently lighted up.

Fruits, and a kind of Julienne soup; not bad, but rather maigre, served to us by charming young ladies, who presented on their knees the trays with the little dishes upon them.

" At a sign from Philip, the maître d'hôtel handed round the tray of cocktails.

At his elbow lay the wooden tray with the labels in various partitions, the cork box, the lumps of twisted sealing-wax, while in front a rank of bottles waited to be filled.

" Once more she paused, and, pushing away the tray, I lit myself a cigar.

Cleora, you're dropping that tray O' blue willow tea-cups!

When the chest was opened and the cotton packing removed, there was exposed a tray filled with rings, reliquaries, lockets, crucifixes, brooches, and such like.

Tell your mother I can't come to supper to-night, but to send me a tray, please!" As he closed the door Olive saw him lay the picture on a table, never looking at it as he crossed the room to one of the great book-cases that lined the walls.