You are quite wrong. A simple cut of beef or mutton, well-cooked, is quite enough for me.
Butler.
[To Cayley.] Lemonade, Sir?
Cayley.
Eh, what? No, thank you.
Aubrey.
Ah, Cayley. What will you drink? [Cayley’s face brightens visibly.] I’m afraid I can’t offer you any wine. [It falls again.] My wife never allows alcohol at her table. But there are various sorts of mineral waters. You don’t mind?
Cayley.
[Grimly.] Not at all, my dear fellow, not at all. Which brand of mineral water do you consider most—ah—stimulating?
Aubrey.