13th July, 1872.
[ The ] table here is not recherché; but twelve months' campaigning have made me tolerably easy to please.
What would not the poor Parisians have given, during the Siege in 1870, for some of Mrs. Tribble's obdurate poultry and steaks!
19th July, 1872.
I ask Mrs. Tribble for my bill.
I received it immediately; it is a short and comprehensive one:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Board and Lodging | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sundries | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| Total | £6 | 18 | 6 |
I can understand "lodging"; but "board" is a new word to me. I like to know what it is I have to pay for, and I open my dictionary.
"[Board ] (subst.), planche."