"Steamy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... should yet have to be disposed of, since I knew his powers to equal those of the ostrich in stowing away eatables, especially in the lumpy cake line. Arrived at the hall, however, I found no symptoms of the tea save a steamy sort of smell and the rattle of the retreating cups and saucers. Whether "to my spirit's gain or loss," I had escaped the banquet and yet got in good time ...
— Mystic London: - or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis • Charles Maurice Davies |
