Then Lord Silverbridge did sit down and poured himself out a cup of tea.

There was no servant in the room, and he dreaded to ring the bell.

"Is there anything you want ?" asked the Duke.

There was a small dish of fried bacon on the table, and some cold mutton on the sideboard.
Silverbridge, declaring that he had everything that was necessary, got up and helped himself to the cold mutton.

Then again there was silence, during which the Duke crunched his toast and made an attempt at reading the newspaper.