Min. I see; three-quarters cake, and the rest wood.
Ch. No; three-quarters wood, the rest cake. Be sure, my dear, you don’t cut into the wood, for it has to be returned to the pastrycook to be filled up with cake for another occasion. I thought at first of ordering a seven-eighths article; but one isn’t married every day—it’s only once a year—I mean it’s only now and then. So I said, “Hang the expense; let’s do the thing well.” And so it’s a three-quarters.
Min. How good you are to me! We shall be very happy, shall we not?
Ch. I—I hope so—yes. I hope so. Playfully happy, like two little kittens.
Min. That will be delightful.
Ch. Economically happy, like two sensible people.
Min. Oh, we must be very economical.
Ch. No vulgar display; no pandering to a jaded appetite. A refined and economical elegance; that is what we must aim at. A simple mutton chop, nicely broiled, for you; and two simple mutton chops, very nicely broiled, for me—
Min. And some flowery potatoes—