"Which is to further test these same delicacies by trying a meat ball on you."
He grabbed a long butcher-knife from the table.
"Try it," says he.
"Maybe I'd better call in Captain McCalmont. Shall I shout for him?"
Ryan dropped the knife.
"What do you want to know?"
"How long you have been cook?"
"Since yesterday. I've been helping a man named Pieface."
"Why did he quit?"
"Got a note by carrier pigeon. He was in charge of McCalmont's pigeons."