Wednesday, 2 November 2011

A Cup of Tea

                                   Katherine mansfield was the pen name of Catherine Mansfield Beauchamp.She was at karory near willington in England.After completing school education she went to Lundon hoping develop her musical tallent.She started wrinting for the new age.Though her marriage had an unhappy ending.It did not ditter her from persuing her carrer as a writer.Her important short story collections are  In a German pension,prelude,bliss and other stories.She died in 1923 tuberculosis.The present short story A cup of tea she presents an amazing contrast between Rosmarry fells kind of nature her vanity and jedousy
                                   Rose marry fell was young, rich and modern girl.She was well read and her parties were attent by really important people.But she was not beautiful.Rose marry hadbeen married for two years.Her husband philip was very dear and likable man.He really adored her.She was one of the rich customer of the flower shop in curzon street.
                                   One winter afternoon Rosemarry fell went to the little antique shop in curzon street.She really liked the shop because she would be almost the only customer in the shop when ever she there.The shop man was very happy to recieve her.The shopman showed her a lovely enamel box.On the lid of the box was pictured two lovers.The girl had her hand around her lovers neck.Her hat hung on a branch of flowery tree.There was a pink coloured could looked like a cheroob fluthing in the sky.The blue velvet inside the box added to the charm of her hand.The box attracted her very much.She asked him the price.The shopkeeper said that its cost was 28 guineas.

                                                   When rosemarry came out from the antique shop.It was raining atmosphere was dark and cold.Even the lights burned climely.Rosemarry fell a strange pang.She had to cross the payment to reach her car but still she waited.As rosemarry was thinking about going bomle and having a cup of tea a thin young dark girl came close to her.She begged rosemarry fell the price of cup of tea.Her request appeared extra ordinary to Rosemarry.It flashed up on that it was on opportunity for her to practice.What she had so read in novels and seen on the stage.She invited the girl to her home.The girl feared that Rosemarry would take her to the police station.Atlast they reached Rosemarrys home.



                                                  Rosemarry took the poor girl in to her bedroom and asked her to be seated in a chair.She asked to the girl to remove her her hat and helped her to remove her coat.The girl staggered she said that would field unless she get some tea.Rosemarry asked the servant to bring some tea and branty.But she just wanted a cup of tea.She fed her with sandvich, bread and butter.When the table was carried away the girl lay back in the big chair
                                                 
                                                  When Philip cam home he founded his wife was taking with a strange girl.Rosemarry in indroduced him the girl as her friend miss smith.Philip noticed the cat and her coat on the floor.He called his wife to the library to talk privately.When he asked about the girl.Rosemarry said that she picked from the street and was going to looked after her.He sais she was mad and her plan was not practical.Philip said that the girl was reaaly pretty her beauty attracted him very much.Rosemarry become jedousy and went out from library.She dismissed the girl giving her three pound.She said him that miss Smith insisted on going.She wished hear from her husband that she was really pretty

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