Crouched shivering at the curtains, that's what, sweating pints at the thought of what those booze-sodden villains would do if they chanced to seek sport abovestairs and discovered that the trembling occupant of the Popplewell chamber was none other than the raider who'd come demanding breakfast ... ❋ Unknown (2010)
Dr. Anjali Mukherjee spent most of her time in the morgue, not just because she was the county medical examiner but also because when she ventured abovestairs at the hospital, she was continually mistaken for a med student or, worse, a candy striper. ❋ Picoult, Jodi, 1966- (2006)
But, though tranquillity was restored abovestairs, it was not so below; where my landlady, highly resenting the injury done to the beauty of her husband by the flesh-spades of Mrs. Honour, called aloud for revenge and justice. ❋ Unknown (2004)
There was not enough Goya abovestairs to satisfy us, but in the ❋ Unknown (2004)
Set at an English manor in 1932 and superficially a Lord Peter Wimsey-esque murder mystery that keeps twisting, there's a great deal on the English abovestairs/belowstairs class divide, how often the dividing line between the two gets crossed, what happens when that line is crossed, all provided through action, illustration, and meta-commentary. ❋ Badger (2002)
She reset the time on her computer to a date last week and logged in under her rarely-used official, abovestairs account. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)
Beyond the gates of the park, Upper Newbury was a picturesque village of thatched, whitewashed houses clustered about a green with the tall-spired Church of All Souls and an inn with its taproom belowstairs and its assembly room and guest rooms abovestairs. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1999)
The ballroom would be filled, Kenneth thought, surveying the empty room while most of the ladies were still abovestairs putting the finishing touches to their toilettes and most of the gentlemen were in the drawing room fortifying themselves for the ordeal ahead with the earl's brandy or port. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1998)
His family awaited him abovestairs — his mother, who had turned away from him when he had most needed a mother's love; his brother, whom he had humiliated and dealt with almost as harshly as his father had dealt with him; his sister, whose heart he had ruthlessly broken even though once upon a time he had known all about broken hearts. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1995)
"The family is waiting abovestairs in the drawing room, your grace," Mrs. Wynn said when the inspection was finally over, addressing herself to Anna. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1995)
The other servants pushed forward, babbling concern and congratulations, and Fergus was swept off to a hero's reception, while Jamie and I beat a precipitous retreat back to our quarters abovestairs. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1992)
I said, in response to a story of the younger Monsieur Duverney's, to which I wasn't listening, my ears being tuned for any suspicious noises abovestairs. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1992)
There must be at least eight bedchambers abovestairs and as many rooms below. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1991)
Rosamund abovestairs in the main bedchamber, warmed by a roaring fire, unpacked the trunk carefully, examining each garment with curiosity. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1991)
Her punishment that time had been merely nine days confined to her room and the schoolroom abovestairs until the visitor she had enticed with her wicked ways had finally taken himself and his wife home. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1988)
A few men stood on the balcony, some lounging against the railing with tankard in hand, most bargaining quietly with doxies for time in the rooms abovestairs. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1986)
