Rice-pudding, Sir.

[Cayley drops spoon hastily.

Aubrey.

[Politely.] You’re eating nothing, Cayley.

Cayley.

[With some concern.] Aubrey, have I slept through the joint? I have no recollection of eating it. If, in a moment of abstraction, I refused it, may I change my mind?

Aubrey.

[Sternly.] My wife never has meat at her table on Fridays.

Cayley.