"I suppose another hour won't make it any worse.

Will you be able to finish that disquisition in an hour, do you think, J.J. ?" "I've finished now; so we can go in to our dinner and eat it.

It may be, as you say, spoiled; but it can't be nearly so objectionable as what poor Sir Gilbert Hawkesby is trying to eat at the present moment.
That ought to be some consolation to you." "What's that you're saying about the judge's dinner ?" "Merely that it's in a much worse state than yours.

A little too much cooking is all you have to complain of.

His dinner is soaked in paraffin oil.