“That will be done.”
“When it is dry, take half a pound of good Cheshire cheese, scrape it fine, and mix it with about two pounds of rough bread-crumbs.”
“Yes, I will.”
“Perhaps you think it is a pity to give them half a pound of good cheese.”
“Not at all, because the vermin eat pounds of it daily.”
“Mix both well together.”
“Yes, I understand—and make them into balls.”
“No, not at all—only spread the lot upon the floor, leave the door and window open, and go to bed. Of course they will come and eat.”
“I should say they would,” he observed.
“The next evening do the same, cutting the cheese a trifle larger. They will come again and eat it.”