Winter in Thrush Green Quotes

“You know Father gave his valuable man trap to the museum.”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“a slate pencil,”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“Remember them a-laying of them electric light wires?’ reminisced his neighbour. ‘Cor! That were a proper Fred Karno affair, that were! Best part of the summer—”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“Do you like salted nuts, Bertha?’ asked Dimity anxiously of the youngest Miss Lovelock. Bertha, Ada and Violet took two or three daintily in their claw-like hands. Their eyes remained appraisingly upon the gleaming little dish.”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“There were borders to be dug, wallflower plants to be put in, and all the outside preparations for winter which the kindly weather encouraged.”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“importance. Sometimes they sat amicably in the damp green hide-out and ate liquorice boot-laces or a fearsomely sticky hardbake which was sold in one of the back streets of Lulling and was”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“Bovril”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“remembering the decorations for the trifle, the cherry sticks for the drinks”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“matinee coat”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“slummocky”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“Miss Fogerty knew from her first-aid classes that she should really be applying hot and cold water in turn to the damaged joint.”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green

“plated lisle stockings”
― Miss Read, Winter in Thrush Green