the Marchesa
and Angelina, and in spite of the inroads made upon their time by
the necessary directions to the neophytes, and of the occasional
eccentricities of the neophytes' energies, the dinners and luncheons
were all that could be desired. The Colonel was not quite satisfied with
the flavour of one particular soup, and Mrs. Gradinger was of opinion
that one of the entrees, which she wanted to superintend herself, but
which the Marchesa handed over to Mrs. Sinclair, had a great deal too
much butter in its composition. Her conscience revolted at the action of
consuming in one dish enough butter to solace the breakfast-table of
an honest working man for two or three days; but the faintness of these
criticisms seemed to prove that every one was well satisfied with the
rendering of the menu of the day.

Menu--Lunch

Tenerumi di Vitello. Breast of veal.
Piccione alla minute. Pigeons, braized with liver, &c.
Curry

Menu--Dinner

Zuppa alla nazionale. Soup alla nazionale.
Salmone alla Genovese. Salmon alla Genovese.
Costolette alla Costanza. Mutton cutlets alla Costanza.
Fritto misto alla Villeroy. Lamb's fry alla Villeroy.
Lattughe al sugo. Stuffed Lettuce.
Dindo arrosto alla Milanese. Roast turkey alla Milanese.
Crema montata alle fragole. Strawberry cream.
Tartufi alla Dino. Truffles alla Dino.

The Third Day

"I observe, dear Marchesa," said Mrs. Fothergill at breakfast on
Thursday morning, "that we still follow the English fashion in our
breakfast dishes. I have a notion that, in this particular especially,
we gross English show our inferiority to the more spirituelles nations
of the Continent, and I always feel a new being after the light meal of
delicious coffee and crisp bread and delicate butter the first morning I
awake in dear Paris."

"I wonder how it happens, then, that two goes of fish, a plateful of
omelette, and a round and a half of toast and marmalade are necessary to
repair the waste of tissue in dear England?" Van der Roet whispered to
Miss Macdonnell.

"It must be the gross air of England or the gross nature of the--"

The rest of Miss Macdonnell's remark was lost, as the Marchesa cried
out in answer to Mrs. Fothergill, "But why should we have anything but
English breakfast dishes in England? The defects of English cookery
are manifest enough, but breakfast fare is not amongst them. In the