Nor have I any special relish for potatoes, unless they are of good quality and well cooked.

I therefore munched the brown bread, and washed it down with cold water.

It was a Spartan meal, but a very indigestible one, as I can certify from painful experience.

Why a prisoner's stomach should be so grossly abused by a sudden change of diet passes my comprehension.

Surely it would not be difficult to introduce the prison fare gradually.