Adare helped her arrange their breakfast on a small table near the fire.
"I thought we would be more congenial here than alone in the dining-room, Philip," he explained.

"Unless I am mistaken the ladies won't be up until dinner time.

Did you ever see a steak done to a finer turn than this?
Marie, you are a treasure." He motioned Philip to a seat, and began serving.

"Nothing in the world is better than a caribou porterhouse cut well back," he went on.

"Don't fry or roast it, but broil it.