Is not that your idea ?" "Not quite.

My idea of the simple and the natural will be to have the table spread in the dining-room.

The nature and the simplicity of gentlemen and ladies, with their servants and furniture, I think is best observed by meals within doors.

When you are tired of eating strawberries in the garden, there shall be cold meat in the house." "Well--as you please; only don't have a great set out.

And, by the bye, can I or my housekeeper be of any use to you with our opinion ?--Pray be sincere, Knightley.