[They go to the table and sit down.
Cayley.
[Unfolding serviette.] Experience has taught me, my dear Aubrey, that bachelor dinners are apt to be particularly well worth eating. No doubt it is to make up for the absence of more charming society.
Aubrey.
[Doubtfully.] I hope it will prove so in this case.
Cayley.
I feel sure of it. I remember your cook of old.
Aubrey.
I’m afraid it won’t be that cook.