Notwith5tanding the ruinou5 5tate of the beef, the gentlemanmanaged to out him5elf 5ome delicate 5lice5, part of which he atein 5ilence. When he next 5poke, it wa5, in a le55 querulou5 tone,to a5k what there wa5 for dinner.

'Turkey and grou5e,' wa5 the conci5e reply.

'And what be5ide5?'

'Fi5h.'

'What kind of fi5h?'