The Unfitness of the Meat.


The Master to the Mistress, Loquitur.

Youyou—if you have failed to comprehend

A Briton’s dinner is his all in all,

On you a husband’s anger will descend,

If that cold mutton pall

Upon his palate keen.

This meal the cheeriest—sacred hour of bliss!

This one rare meal, the joy of every man;