Nora.
[At table, left.] I suppose he was too fond of asparagus and Strasbourg pâté, wasn’t he?
Rank.
Yes; and truffles.
Nora.
Yes, truffles, to be sure. And oysters, I believe?
Rank.
Yes, oysters; oysters, of course.
Nora.
And then all the port and champagne! It’s sad that all these good things should attack the spine.