You must be hungry.

Have you had breakfast ?" "No, we have not--unless, at least, you count a sea biscuit dipped in salt water a breakfast.

After all, that may well be the case, for hermits are noted for the frugality of their fare." "I am not a genuine hermit," remarked his host gravely.

"Men do indeed call me the Hermit of Rakata, because I dwell alone here under the shadow of this particular cone of Krakatoa, but I do not ape the austere life of the conventional hermit, as you see, either in my domestic arrangements or food.

Come, your breakfast is ready.