"But I refuse-I refuse to hate any one," she said aloud; chose the moment to cross the road with circumspection, and ten minutes later lunched in the Strand, cutting her meat firmly into small pieces, but giving her fellow-diners no further cause to judge her eccentric.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
This turned out to be just the place he required-a room with tables where diners could sit as long as they chose, a counter spread out with edibles to be absorbed standing, and the company consisting of cabmen from the station ranks, some railway porters, and a few humble travelers.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Sixteen diners there were, and in order to appreciate the electric atmosphere which prevailed in the airy salon, let us survey the board.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer