We were too late for the hotel _dejeuner_, and had to order it, I remember, _a la carte_.

That was why the Count was kept waiting.

We were kept waiting, too, which seemed at the moment of more importance, since the atmosphere of the classics had given us excellent appetites.
Emmeline decided upon ices and _petits fours_ in the Corso for her party, after which they were going to let nothing interfere with their inspection of the prison of St.Paul; but we came back and ordered a haricot.

In the cavernous recesses beyond the door which opened kitchen-ward, commands resounded, and a quarter of an hour later a boy walked casually through the dining-room bearing beans in a basket.

Time went on, and the Senator was compelled to send word that he had not ordered the repast for the following day.