I thought we'd have the soup already on the table; and we can walk right out as soon as we have the sandwiches, so it won't get cold.

Then, after the soup, Malena says she can make sweetbread pates with mushrooms: and for the meat course we'll have larded fillet.

Malena's really a fancy cook, you know, and she says she can do anything like that to perfection.

We'll have peas with the fillet, and potato balls and Brussels sprouts.

Brussels sprouts are fashionable now, they told me at market.