The French workmen do that when they sit quietly after a meal talking of their various interests.

Any one can fulfill the conditions properly by keeping a little quiet, having some pleasant chat, reading a bright story or taking life easy in any quiet way for half an hour.

Or, if work must begin directly after eating, begin it quietly.

But this feeling that it is our business to attend to the working functions of our stomachs is officious and harmful.

We must fulfill the conditions and then forget our stomachs.