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HSC Unit: 5; Lesson 2; Eating Habit and Hazards

I caught sight of her at the play, and in answer to her beckoning, I went over during the interval and sat down beside her.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

It was long since I had last seen her, and if someone had not mentioned her name I hardly think I would have recognized her.

āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•Z āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻž I

She addressed me brightly. Well, it’s many years since we first met. How time does fly! We’re none of us getting any younger.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĄāĻŧā§‡! āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ¨āĻ‡āĨ¤

Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon. Did I remember?

āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡? āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?

It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin quarter overlooking a cemetery, and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŦāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸā§āĻŸ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me; but her time was limited, and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards?

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ; āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻĒā§‡āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§ƒāĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡; āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœ āĻĻā§‡āĻŦ?

Foyot’s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat, and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I was flattered, and I was too young to have learned to say no to a woman.

āĻĢāĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻŸ’āĻ¸ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŸāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻŸā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤

I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month, and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• (āĻ¸ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•) āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month, and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• (āĻ¸ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•) āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

I answered that I would meet my friend-by correspondence-at Foyot’s on Thursday at half-past twelve. She was not so young as I expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§ƒāĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§-āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĢāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸-āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻž. āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

She was, in fact, a woman of forty … and she gave me the impression of having more teeth, white and large and even, than were necessary for any practical purpose.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡, āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤, āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ°Â  āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĨ¤

She was talkative, but since she seemed inclined to talk about me I was prepared to be an attentive listener.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšā§€ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§€ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

I was startled when the bill of fare was brought, for the prices were a great deal higher than I had anticipated. But she reassured me.

āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžÂ  āĻ†āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

“I never eat anything for luncheon,” she said. “Oh, don’t say that!” I answered generously. “I never eat more than one thing. I think people eat far too much nowadays. A little fish, perhaps. I wonder if they have any salmon.”

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ “āĻ“āĻš, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž!” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ†āĻœāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤āĨ¤āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ‡ ”’

Well, it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the bill of fare, but I asked the waiter if there was any.

āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž,  āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĨ¤

Yes, a beautiful salmon had just come in, it was the first they had had. I ordered it for my guest.

āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡| āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The waiter asked her if she would have something while it was being cooked. “No,” she answered, “I never eat more than one thing unless you have a little caviare, I never mind caviare.”

āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž? “āĻ¨āĻž,” āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž I āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

My heart sank a little. I knew I could not afford caviare, but I could not very well tell her that. I told the waiter by all means to bring caviare. For myself I chose the cheapest dish on the menu and that was a mutton chop.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŸāĻ¨ āĻšāĻĒāĨ¤

“I think you are unwise to eat meat,” she said. “I don’t know how you can expect to work after eating heavy things like chops. I don’t believe in overloading my stomach.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ ‡āĻ–‥āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨,” āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‡āĻŸ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ ”

Then came the question of drink.

“I never drink anything for luncheon,” she said.

“Neither do I,” I answered promptly.

“Except white wine,” she proceeded as though I had not spoken.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž,” āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž,“

“āĻšā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤,” āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ āĻœāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

“These French white wines are so light. They’re wonderful for the digestion.”

“What would you like?” I asked, hospitable still, but not exactly effusive.

She gave me a bright and amicable flash of her white teeth.

“My doctor won’t let me drink anything but champagne.”

āĻāĻ‡ āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•āĻžāĨ¤
āĻšāĻœāĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ ””
“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§€ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ?” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŖ, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

I fancy I turned a trifle pale. I ordered half a bottle. I mentioned casually that my

doctor had absolutely forbidden me to drink champagne.

“What are you going to drink, then?” Water.”

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•āĻž āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻžāĻšāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§‡āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“āĻœāĻ˛āĨ¤ ”

She ate the caviare and she ate the salmon. She talked gaily of art and literature and music. But I wondered what the bill would come to. When my mutton chop arrived she took me quite seriously to task.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĨ¤
āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻ¨ āĻšāĻĒ āĻāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

“I see that you’re in the habit of eating a heavy luncheon. I’m sure it’s a mistake. Why don’t you follow my example and just eat one thing? I’m sure you’d feel ever so much better for it.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœ  āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛āĨ¤āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨? āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ ””

“I am only going to eat one thing.” I said, as the waiter came again with the bill of fare. She waved him aside with an airy gesture.

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ| āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ‡āĻļāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

“No. no. I never eat anything for luncheon. Just a bite, I never want more than that, and I eat that more as an excuse for conversation than anything else. I couldn’t possibly eat anything more unless they had some of those giant asparagus.

“āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻœā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡| āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

I should be sorry to leave Paris without having some of them.” My heart sank. I had seen them in the shops, and I knew that they were horribly expensive. My mouth had often watered at the sight of them.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ›ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ– āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛.
āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§â€ĄāĻ– āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ‡ āĻœāĻ˛ āĻœāĻŽā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

“Madame wants to know if you have any of those giant asparagus.” I asked the waiter. I tried with all my might to will him to say no. A happy smile spread over his broad, priest-like face, and he assured me that they had some so large, so splendid, so tender, that it was a marvel.

“āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻŽ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻāĻ¤ āĻœāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹, āĻāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽāĻ˛ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

“I’m not in the least hungry,” my guest sighed, “but if you insist I don’t mind having some asparagus.” I ordered them.

“Aren’t you going to have any?”

“No, I never eat asparagus.”

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ‡|”āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡â€ |āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž?“

“āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I know there are people who don’t like them. The fact is, you ruin your palate by all the meat you eat.”

We waited for the asparagus to be cooked. Panic seized me.

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻ˛, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨

āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ

āĻ†āĻ¤āĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤

It was not a question now of how much money I should have left over for the rest of the month, but whether I had enough to pay the bill.

āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ  āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°i āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ  āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

The asparagus appeared. They were enormous, succulent, and appetizing. The smell of the melted butter tickled my nostrilsâ€Ļâ€Ļ

“Coffee?” I said.

“Yes, just an ice cream and coffee,” she answered.â€Ļ..

āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ°
āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ°, āĻ°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻ—āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ–āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛|

“āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ?” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ.

“āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ” āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨

I was past caring now. So I ordered coffee for myself and an ice cream and coffee for her. “You know, there’s one thing I thoroughly believe in,” she said, as she ate the ice cream.  “One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more.”

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻļā§€āĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯.āĻ¤Â  āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤â€œāĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ , āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĨ¤ ” āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹ āĨ¤

āĻĒā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻœāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĨ¤

“Are you still hungry?” I asked faintly.

“Oh, no, I’m not hungry; you see, I don’t eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the

morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I was speaking for you.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ ? ” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤ ” āĻ“āĻš , āĻ¨āĻž , āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻž , āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤āĨ¤

“Oh, I see!” Then a terrible thing happened. While we were waiting for the coffee, the head waiter, with an ingratiating smile on his false face, came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches.

“āĻ“āĻš ! āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ ! ” āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ­ā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ˛ā§‹ āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ , āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻā§ā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§€āĻš āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĨ¤

They had the blush of an innocent girl; they had the rich tone of an Italian landscape. But surely peaches were not in season then? Lord knew what they cost.

āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ‡āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹ āĻĒā§€āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§ŒāĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ ? āĻ—āĻĄ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ , āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĨ¤

“You see, you’ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat”-my one miserable little Chop and you can’t eat any more. But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach”.

“āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ ,āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻĒā§‡āĻŸ āĻ­āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĨ¤ ” – āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸā§āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻĒ – āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž , āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ• āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ , āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§€āĻšāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦā§‹

The bill came and when I paid it I found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip. Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter, and I knew that she thought me mean.

”āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‹ , āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŸāĻŋāĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ‡āĻ˛ā§‹ āĨ¤āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›ā§‡|

But when I walked out of the restaurant I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

“Follow my example,” she said as we shook hand, and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.”

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ , āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ , āĻ†āĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹ āĨ¤ ” āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ , ” āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĨ¤

“I’ll do better than that”, I retorted. “I’ll eat nothing for dinner to-night.”

“Humorist!” she cried gaily, jumping into a cab, “you’re quite a humorist!”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĨ¤ ” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦā§‹ āĻ¨āĻž ” “āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻ°â€ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻāĻĻā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ , āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻ˛ā§‹ “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ|

But I have had my revenge at last. I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the result with complacency. Today she weighs twenty-one stone.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§‹āĻ§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž , āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻˆāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§‡ā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻœāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ“āĻœāĻ¨ ā§§ā§Šā§Ļ āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1.Beckoning

2.Interval

3.Recognized

4.Tiny

5.Latin

6.Cemetery

7.Barely

8.Spending

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1./noun/ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļ; āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¤; āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻšā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¨;

2. /noun/ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°

3. /adjective/ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤;

4. /adjective/ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ°; āĻĒā§āĻāĻšāĻ•ā§‡; āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ; āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ; āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ; āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‚āĻŸāĻŋ; āĻ–ā§āĻĻāĻŋ;

5.  /noun/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§‹āĻŽāĻ• āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž

6.   /noun/ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ•āĻŦāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨

7. /adv/ āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡, āĻŽā§‹āĻŸ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°

8.  /noun/ āĻ–āĻ°āĻš; āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨; āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤; āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš;

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

9. Flattered

10. Modest

11. Correspondence

12. Appearance

13. Imposing

14. Impression

15. Practical

16. Talkative

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

9.  /verb/ āĻœāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨; āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻšāĻžāĻŸā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

10.  /adj/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ, āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻ°, āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ

11.  /noun/ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻž; āĻāĻ•ā§āĻ¯

12. /noun/ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ

13. /adj/ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ•; āĻœāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹

14.  /noun/ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒ; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ° āĻ†āĻŦā§‡āĻ—; āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ;

15. /adj/ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻ°, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŦ

16. /adjective/ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ˛; āĻĢāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ˛; āĻ§ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ; āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ;

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

17. Attentive

18. Anticipated

19. Generously

20. Reassured

21. Afford

22. Cheapest

23. Overloading

24. Digestion

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

17.  /adj/ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§€

18. /adjective/ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤;

19. adjective(1) āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ°-āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻļā§€āĻ˛; āĻĻā§ŸāĻžāĻ˛ā§; āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ­āĻŦ; āĻ¨āĻŋāĻƒāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ; (2) āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ°; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤;

20. /verb/ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž; āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨;

21.  /verb/ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

22. /adjective/ āĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž; āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻ­; āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž; āĻ¤ā§āĻšā§āĻ›; āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻšā§€āĻ¨; āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡; āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯; āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻšā§€āĻ¨; āĻ›ā§‡āĻžāĻŸ;

23.  /verb/ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž;

24. /noun/ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ•

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulay

25. Hospitable

26. Effusive

28. Amicable

29. Trifle

30. Casually

31. Absolutely

32. Forbidden

33. Enormous

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

25. /adj/ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻŖ

26. /adjective/ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŽāĻ¨āĻļā§€āĻ˛; āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ°āĻ•; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦā§‡āĻ—āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•;

28. /adj/ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¨

29. /verb/ āĻ¤ā§āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§

30. /adv/ āĻĻā§ˆāĻŦāĻžā§Ž; āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ŸāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡

31.  /adv/ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡ ; āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšā§ŸāĻ‡

32. /adj/ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§; āĻ…āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§; āĻŦā§‡-āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§€

33. /adj/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ ; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ°

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

34. Succulent

35. Appetizing

36. Melted

37. Tickled

40. Nostrils

41. Terrible

42. In grating

43. Landscape

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

34.  /noun/ āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹; āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§

35. /adjective/ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻ•; āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž-āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€; āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ°ā§‡āĻžāĻšāĻ•;

36. /adjective/ āĻ—āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§€āĻ¨; āĻ—āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹; āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛; āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦā§€āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤; āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤;

37.  /verb/ āĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž; āĻ•āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž; āĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻŽāĻœāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨;

40. /noun/ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ°; āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§‡āĻāĻĻāĻž;

41. /adj/ āĻ­ā§ŸāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ°, āĻ­ā§€āĻˇāĻŖ; āĻ¤ā§€āĻŦā§āĻ°

42.  /adjective/ āĻ…āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻœā§āĻž; āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻ•āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ;

43. /verb/ āĻ­ā§‚āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

43. Miserable

44. Inadequate

45. Revenge

46. Vindictive

47. Pardonable

48. Complacency

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

43. /adj/ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¤,āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ–āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ•

44.  /adj/ āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨; āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž

45. /verb/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž

46.  /adj/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒāĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻŖ

47. adjective/ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ; āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯; āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ; āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ; āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ;

48. /noun/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž; āĻ¸ā§āĻ–; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ; āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ; āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ;