I must be served at the fireside, she said; and she placed before me a little round stand with my cup and a plate of toast, absolutely as she used to accommodate me with some privately purloined dainty on a nursery chair: and I smiled and obeyed her as in bygone days.
Quando il tè fu pronto, volli accostarmi alla tavola, ma ella mi ordinò di non muovermi con l'antico tono imperioso e volle servirmelo accanto al fuoco, su un piccolo vassoio.