Then he brought them a long mug apiece made of glass, and frowned.

By-and-by he stalked gloomily in with a hunch of bread apiece, and exit with an injured air.

Expectation thus raised, the guests sat for nearly an hour balancing the wooden spoons, and with their own knives whittling the bread.

Eventually, when hope was extinct, patience worn out, and hunger exhausted, a huge vessel was brought in with pomp, the lid was removed, a cloud of steam rolled forth, and behold some thin broth with square pieces of bread floating.

This, though not agreeable to the mind, served to distend the body.