... Peradventure that Dry Monopole just tasted of the cork, Or didst thou ply too freely, boy, a merry knife-and-fork Was the salad-dressing doubtful, or the berries of the fish Or had a breath of garlic marred the mixture in the dish But, ere thou speakest ...

... elevens had been put into a big scale, and the chicken and tongue only let alone plates and knives and glass and wine and salad-- had been put into another, the boys would have kicked the beam. Nox erat et ccelo splendebat luna sereno. F. G. ...