But she is obstinate--oh, very obstinate, as her mother was.

Do you know, dear lady, that in a papyrus scroll which I lately acquired I found the recipe for a genuine Egyptian dish, which Amenemha--the last Pharaoh of the eleventh dynasty, you know--might have eaten, and probably did eat.

I desired Lucy to serve it to-night, but she refused, much to my annoyance.

The ingredients, which had to do with roasted gazelle, were oil and coriander seed and--if my memory serves me--asafoetida." "Ugh!" Mrs.Jasher's handkerchief went again to her mouth.

"Say no more, Professor; your dish sounds horrid.