Startled by the noise, they looked up, despite a critical situation on the board.

Then they looked down again at the scarlet heap upon the grass, and, powerful though the attractions of chess were, they were very hungry men, and the shining little pyramid held their gaze.
"Apples! apples, Harry!" said Colonel Talbot.

"Many apples, magnificent, red and ripe! Is it real ?" "No, Leonidas, it can't be real," said Lieutenant Colonel Hector St.Hilaire.

"It can't be possible in a country that Sheridan swept as bare as the palm of my hand.

It's only an idle dream, Leonidas.