EXCERPT
Miss Antonia drew the carving knife across the pheasant's breast firmly. She cut two slices and laid them on a plate. Deftly the footman whipped it from her, and old Miss Rashleigh raised her knife. Shots rang out in the wood under the window.
"Coming?" said old Miss Rashleigh, suspending her fork. The branches flung and flaunted on the trees in the Park....
Virginia Woolf - The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party
Virginia Woolf
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EXCERPT
Miss Antonia drew the carving knife across the pheasant's breast firmly. She cut two slices and laid them on a plate. Deftly the footman whipped it from her, and old Miss Rashleigh raised her knife. Shots rang out in the wood under the window.
"Coming?" said old Miss Rashleigh, suspending her fork. The branches flung and flaunted on the trees in the Park.