Veal were to introduce into the polite world; there were two sons of Colonel Bangles of the East India Company's Service: these four sat down to dinner at Mrs.
She opened the door of the TOP oven;--out came a rich steamy flavour of
veal and ham, and there stood a fine brown pie,--and through a hole in the top of the pie-crust there was a glimpse of a little tin patty-pan!
Some flies woke up and settled on the untouched
veal, which was still on the table.
'A baked baby, by the soul of Captain Cook!' burst forth Toby, with amazing vehemence; '
Veal? why there never was a calf on the island till you landed.
He makes such a speedy end of his plate of
veal and ham, bringing it to a close while his companions are yet midway in theirs, that Mr.
Again--this
veal in savoury jelly is for Monsieur Rigaud.
But some of the visitors alighted and did not depart after the handsome treating to
veal and ham.
'Yes, Sir.' (He wasn't asleep this time, having just succeeded in abstracting a
veal patty.)
You've got the Basket with the
Veal and Ham-Pie and things, and the bottles of Beer?' said Dot.
Jennings on her side treated them both with all possible kindness, was solicitous on every occasion for their ease and enjoyment, and only disturbed that she could not make them choose their own dinners at the inn, nor extort a confession of their preferring salmon to cod, or boiled fowls to
veal cutlets.
The second course was two ducks trussed up in the form of fiddles; sausages and puddings resembling flutes and hautboys, and a breast of
veal in the shape of a harp.
The count walked up and down the hall in his dressing gown, giving orders to the club steward and to the famous Feoktist, the Club's head cook, about asparagus, fresh cucumbers, strawberries,
veal, and fish for this dinner.