Come, uncover, and let us see what he has done for us .-- Hum!--ha!--ay--squab-pigeons--wildfowl--young chickens--venison cutlets--and a space in the centre, wet, alas! by a gentle tear from Chaubert's eye, where should have been the _soupe aux ecrevisses_.
The zeal of that poor fellow is ill repaid by his paltry ten louis per month." "A mere trifle," said Ganlesse; "but, like yourself, Will, he serves a generous master." The repast now commenced; and Julian, though he had seen his young friend the Earl of Derby, and other gallants, affect a considerable degree of interest and skill in the science of the kitchen, and was not himself either an enemy or a stranger to the pleasures of a good table, found that, on the present occasion, he was a mere novice.

Both his companions, but Smith in especial, seemed to consider that they were now engaged in the only true business of life; and weighed all its minutiae with a proportional degree of accuracy.

To carve the morsel in the most delicate manner--and to apportion the proper seasoning with the accuracy of the chemist,--to be aware, exactly, of the order in which one dish should succeed another, and to do plentiful justice to all--was a minuteness of science to which Julian had hitherto been a stranger.
Smith accordingly treated him as a mere novice in epicurism, cautioning him to eat his soup before the bouilli, and to forget the Manx custom of bolting the boiled meat before the broth, as if Cutlar MacCulloch and all his whingers were at the door.

Peveril took the hint in good part, and the entertainment proceeded with animation.
At length Ganlesse paused, and declared the supper exquisite.

"But, my friend Smith," he added, "are your wines curious?
When you brought all that trash of plates and trumpery into Derbyshire, I hope you did not leave us at the mercy of the strong ale of the shire, as thick and muddy as the squires who drink it ?" "Did I not know that _you_ were to meet me, Dick Ganlesse ?" answered their host.