And now I'm going to boil those two eggs and make the cocoa, and we'll have a feast.

Hallo! you've got some jam--jam and butter and eggs, and this is the month of December, when there's hardly a hen laying or a cow milking in the whole parish!' He held up the jam-pot as he spoke.

It was wrapped in dingy red paper, and had a mouldy damp stain on one side.

Hyacinth recognised the mark, and remembered that he had seen the identical pot on the upper shelf of Rafferty's shop for years.

Its label bore an inscription only vaguely prophetic of the contents--'Irish Household Jam.' 'That's right, father, you are supporting home manufacture.