(He rises. To one of the cooks).

Look here! Your sauce is thick, and you must lengthen it.

COOK.

How much?

RAGUENEAU.

Three feet.

(Passes on.)

O Muse, keep thou aloof, or else your pleading eyes
Will suffer from the glare of vulgar fires here!

(to one of the pastry-cooks).

These loaves are badly set, the split should not be thus,
Cesuras should be placed between the hemstitches.