At noon the merchant and Henry ate luncheon in a club where thick rugs hushed a foot-fall into a mere whisper of a walk, where servants, grave of countenance and low of voice, seemed to underscore the chilliness of the place.
It was quite early after luncheon that Mrs. Ardayre was announced.
He had seen women do very foolish things in the course of his business life and all that talk of hers at the luncheon table came back to him now.
The selection of a luncheon set took Miss Ashton and Jeanette much longer than they expected; then they spent an hour looking at the fascinating souvenirs in one of the shops devoted to such bait for the tourist.
Immediately after luncheon they packed; and as Nancy closed her suitcase, sure enough, it locked!
The luncheon menu was very attractive; but Nancy and Jeanette sternly repressed their desires for a quantity of rich food.
Accordingly after we had coaled we made preparation for a big luncheon party to which were invited members of the government and the leading people of the place.
There, to my satisfaction, I met my friend, Herbert Rhodes, and got up a little luncheon party on board to celebrate the occasion.
I bought, second-hand, such furniture and household utensils as were essential, and the concierge told me of a woman who would come in for half a day and make my café au lait in the morning and my luncheon at noon.
He had taken Susie out toluncheon once or twice in Monte Carlo; for he liked women, pretty or plain, and she attracted him by her good-humour.
During luncheon he talked of nothing else, and Dr Porhoët, drawing upon his memory, recounted the more extraordinary operations that he had witnessed in Egypt.
He stoutly refused to wait for supper, declaring that the luncheon still in his pouch would serve, and started just as the short twilight came on.
They had investigated the Old Maid’s Kitchen and Bob thought it would be a bully place to eat luncheon on the following day.
After the jolly luncheon another surprise was in store for Sally—a matinee of Buster Brown, over which the child was enraptured.
After this the little girl was lifted to the loftiest pinnacle of enjoyment by luncheon at one of the fine cafés.
So it fell out that after luncheon trunks were packed, and the whole party, including Tim in a large wicker cage, returned to town by a late afternoon train.
After luncheon the two children were ranged in front of Mrs. Horace Lancing, who interrogated them with a nervous manner and in the unnatural voice that some people think necessary to affect with children.
Long afterwards, when all that was new and strange had grown into a calm and natural background, Caroline remembered that Christmas luncheon at Yelverton as one of the pleasantest experiences ever granted to her.
A knot of white flowers that Rupert Haverford had given her at luncheon was tucked in among the fur at her breast, and was the only break in the harmonious whole.
Mrs. Brenton at luncheon gave it as her opinion that the change she had remarked in Rupert Haverford denoted more than a surface alteration.
I should be delighted to do so," said I; and if she had asked me to delay my journey and take luncheon with them that day I think I should have accepted the invitation.
It was plain enough, however, that she expected me to depart, for she asked me where I proposed to stop in the middle of the day, and she suggested that she should have a light luncheon put up for me.
The first hotel luncheon I ever saw," exclaimed Uncle Jim, "without chicken legs and butterless rolls.
At this time of day I knew we would need nothing very substantial, and now you may praise the Sienese fruit and pastry to your heart's content, for that luncheon came chiefly from the little shops, and not from the landlady's larder.
Luncheon had been served early, and towards one o'clock the boat stopped, when still some distance from land.
And soon the luncheonwas finished to the last crumb, with due appreciation.
At the first luncheon on shipboard, which she hardly tasted, her place at table was between Aunt Caroline and Marion.
But I have opened too many Italian luncheon boxes not to know what to expect, and in ten years they haven't changed.
And we'll have two huge luncheon baskets for supper on the way, for of course to avoid the heat we must leave late in the afternoon.
It would be far wiser to sit here and test the luncheon the padrone provided for us.
I was quite sorry when the gong sounded for luncheon and we went in.
By this time I felt I should do something wicked; and if the luncheon gong had not sounded, I do not know what would have happened.
Lord Robert had left me reluctantly when the luncheon gong sounded.
At luncheonshe was sweet to me at once, and did not look as if she thought I must be bad just because I have red hair, like elderly ladies do generally.
The luncheonwas very simple and very good, but not half the number of rich dishes like at Branches, or Lady Ver's.
After luncheon Wilson, the elderly valet, took command gently but firmly and led the captain off to bed.
Masters had been seen entering or leaving the Talbot parlor by luncheon guests in the hotel.
After luncheonhe lighted a cheroot, threw himself on his bed, and there reflected further.
Besides, they gave one a goodluncheon at Stagholme in those days.
During a luncheon more remarkable for heartiness of despatch than delicacy of viand, James Edward Makerstone Agar devoted much thought to the affairs of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of India.
A good time to present them is when the bride gives a farewell dinner or luncheon to her bridesmaids.
A more formal luncheonis proper when introducing a special guest.
While a farewell luncheon given to the bridesmaids by the bride is not necessary, yet it is a pleasant way for a woman to entertain her female friends the last time in her father's house.
The one difference is that, should the luncheon be given before 6 P.
A call should be made the day following a luncheon or a breakfast; the same after a dinner, or at least within a week.
Kennedy would say nothing more, and we ate our luncheon in silence.
After a quick luncheonwe went up to our vantage-point.
It meant a picnic for them, so they ran back to the house and got Tonto and the luncheon and started away down the road as gay as two larks in the springtime.
At last he remembered that he had a luncheon in the crown of his hat.
Well, we had got so used to Dugald's solitary ways that we never thought anything of even his somewhat prolonged absence on the hill, for he usually dropped round when luncheon was pretty nearly done.
We were out of doors nearly all day, and just as often as not had a snack of luncheon on the hills at some settler's house or at an outlying puesto.
Nevertheless, luncheon terminated, and Harley had not appeared.
Luncheon appeared upon the table whilst he was washing in the bathroom.
Our hostess had promised that in a few minutes luncheon would be ready.
Immediately after luncheon the Man walked back towards Alcudia to sketch the view of the sea-gate of the old city, that had struck him when we drove through.
But the hour when the Man and luncheon would be awaiting us was near.
If it's sweets, we must not begin eating them until luncheonis over," I said, more by way of counsel to myself than to the others.
At the hotel at luncheon the newly installed Governor with all his family (except the baby) and the colonel sat by us at table.
One radiant morning we took a luncheon basket and wandered as far as the Albufera, but at all other times the excellent cooking of the mistress of the fonda lured us back in time for meals.
First she spread the cloth, whose lack at luncheon on the previous day had so offended Catalina's sense of what was neat and proper.
So on this lovely Christmas morning we resolved to take luncheon with us and spend the day hunting for it.
At the hotel luncheon we had been agreeably surprised by the appearance of a sweet course, and the shop windows revealed a tempting array of bon-bons and of jams and pickles, commodities in which Majorca is sadly deficient.
But when luncheon was over and we were ready to go out there was no sign of the boots.
And, "Then we will go over to the restaurant across the street for luncheoninstead of going home.
Father came home to luncheon that day, bringing Señora Mendez with him.
Had I foreseen anything of the sort, we would have postponed your luncheon until a later date.
It was past the luncheon hour, but we were excellently served by a perfectly trained Chinaman.
At noon a bountiful and delicious luncheon was served at the mess-house.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "luncheon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: barbecue; breakfast; clambake; diner; dinner; lunch; luncheon; mash; meal; picnic; supper; tea
