(Whilst we were eating our kidneys the French guest arrived. He was late. So we had the Hors d'œuvres, which he brought with him, after the Entrée.)
A Tin of Sardines.
JOINT.
Roast Chicken.
(This solid piece, the chef-d'œuvre, was a roast fowl, stolen by the Australian guest—poor devil, I may make it public now, for he's dead—from the General. What busines had the General to keep chickens?)
ENTREMET.
Omelette au Rum.
(The eggs were bought at the price of 1/- each from a Greek trader who had come over from Lemnos, but who had learned his trade in a London provision shop. The rum was Charlie's own savings for three weeks. Our ration was one-eighth of a pint twice a week.)
DESSERT.
Fruit.