"I should say 'twas good! But if them boarders eat as much every day as they have this one 'twon't be a start, 'twill be a finish.

Lor--I mean mercy on us, ma'am--if this is a boardin'-house I'd like to know what a palace is.

Why a king never had better grub served to him.

Huh! I guess he didn't.

Old George Three used to eat gruel, like a--like a sick orphan at the Home.