A Fanciful Fragment by H. E. Bates.
The time is a Saturday afternoon, about 3 o'clock. The scene stiff, though comfortably-furnished room in a provincial house. Victorian prints of the Boer War, Queen Victoria, and the Prince Consort adorn the flowery-papered walls. A fire is burning in a big black, shining grate. Rain is splashing on the windows through which comes a greyish light, showing a table completely laid for tea. A kettle is already on the fire. Aunt Matilda speaks.