"Lady of the house" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the next day—it was a very plain meal, merely a rasher and dry toast—the lady of the house chatted with her friend more confidentially than ever. Their servant, she said, a good girl but not very robust, naturally could not do all the work of the house, and, by way of helping, Mrs. Rymer was accustomed to 'see to' ...
— The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories • George Gissing
... a beam; then a fourth ... and the yard in front of the house would gradually be blocked up with horses, beams, planks. Peasants, men and women with their heads wrapped up and their skirts tucked up, would stare morosely at our windows, kick up a row and insist on the lady of the house coming out to them; and they would curse and swear. And in a corner Moissey would stand, and it seemed to us that ...
— The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories • Anton Tchekoff
... Desi, to the governess and ask her whether she intends to come to the ball to-night, or if the lady of the house is going alone." ...
— Debts of Honor • Maurus Jokai
... the lady who had entertained him; and in two days after the boat sailed into the cove again amid nasty weather, and the master came ashore with a set of gaudy wooden bowls painted black and red. These he solemnly presented to the lady of the house. He had run thirty miles against a ...
— The Romance of the Coast • James Runciman
... The lady of the house came out with a look of preoccupation upon her face. She noted that the boys were already ...
— The Secret Chamber at Chad • Evelyn Everett-Green
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