You see you were expected." Oh, he did not mind, he would soon catch the others up; and he asked for three helpings of soup, platefuls of vermicelli, in which he soaked enormous slices of bread.

Then, when they had attacked the meat pies, he became the profound admiration of everyone at the table.

How he stowed it away! The bewildered waiters helped each other to pass him bread, thin slices which he swallowed at a mouthful.

He ended by losing his temper; he insisted on having a loaf placed on the table beside him.

The landlord, very anxious, came for a moment and looked in at the door.