Perhaps, said Lady Clarinda, I saw your design, and wished to put your generalship to the test. But do not contradict anything I have said about you, and see if the learned will find you out.
There is fine music, as Rabelais observes, in the cliquetis dasssiettes, a refreshing shade in the ombre de salle à manger, and an elegant fragrance in the fumée de rôti, said a voice at the Captains elbow. The Captain turning round, recognised his clerical friend of the morning, who knew him again immediately, and said he was extremely glad to meet him there; more especially as Lady Clarinda had assured him that he was an enthusiastic lover of Greek poetry.