"We have never heard of her," retorted a
spoon. "We are subjects of King Kleaver, and obey only his orders, which are to bring all prisoners to him as soon as they are captured.
Alderman said, 'But hold, madam, if you were designing to buy
spoons, I hope you will not let my friend here lose his customer by the mistake.' I readily answered, 'No, sir, I'll buy the
spoons still, if he can match my odd
spoon, which I brought for a pattern'; and the goldsmith showed me some of the very same fashion.
The Dragon was much annoyed, and hummed and hawed a good deal, and asked the second, 'But what shall be your
spoon?'
Duchess fumbled with the
spoon --"I can't find it!" she said anxiously.
Mary Hendrikhovna assented and began looking for the
spoon which someone meanwhile had pounced on.
"Well, now I think it's done," said Dolly, dropping the syrup from the
spoon.
And imagine me, who had melted a silver
spoon in my mouth--a sizable silver
spoon steward--imagine me, my old sore bones, my old belly reminiscent of youth's delights, my old palate ticklish yet and not all withered of the deviltries of taste learned in younger days--as I say, steward, imagine me, who had ever been free-handed, lavish, saving that dollar and a half intact like a miser, never spending a penny of it on tobacco, never mitigating by purchase of any little delicacy the sad condition of my stomach that protested against the harshness and indigestibility of our poor fare.
Having given this explanation, Mrs Squeers put her head into the closet and instituted a stricter search after the
spoon, in which Mr Squeers assisted.
'The first experiments were made by taking articles in common use, such as knives, forks,
spoons, keys, &c., and pasting upon them labels with their names printed in raised letters.
Half-a-dozen dishes stood upon the shelves; the table was laid for supper with a bowl of porridge, a horn
spoon, and a cup of small beer.
In the morning we went out to the woodpile and chopped up the brass candlestick into handy sizes, and Tom put them and the pewter
spoon in his pocket.
It is not above a year ago that I lost a silver
spoon."