[Gutenberg 63536] • Advisory Ben · A Story
- Authors
- Lucas, E.V.
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Tags
- london (england) -- social life and customs -- 20th century -- fiction , young women -- fiction , business enterprises -- fiction , world war , families -- fiction , 1914-1918 -- veterans -- fiction
- ISBN
- 9781397371010
- Date
- 2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.44 MB
- Lang
- en
Excerpt from Advisory Ben: A Story
Ever Since I have known Ben - and her mother and I were playfellows half a century and more ago - she has been a mixture of factotum and oracle, yet without ever for a moment declining into a drudge or losing gaiety. A Cinderella perhaps; but a Cinderella who went to the ball without any supernatural assistance; a Cinderella with a laugh and a retort; a Cinderella who won respect and as much chocolate as She wanted, both from those within the home and out of it. I Not a few boxes, for instance, from my own hand.