Dr.Howe had christened it, declaring that it was of a semi-religious nature, but in Miss Deborah's pronunciation the Latin was no longer recognizable.
It consisted of an arrangement of strips of candied orange and lemon peel, intended to represent a nest of straw.

On it were placed jellied creams in different colors, which had been run into egg-shells to stiffen.

The whole was intended to suggest a nest of new-laid eggs.

The housekeeper will at once recognize the trouble and expense of such a dish, as the shells which served for moulds had first to be emptied of their contents through a small hole in one end, hopelessly mixing the whites and yolks, and leaving them useless for fine cookery.
No wonder, then, that Miss Deborah's face beamed with pride.

But Miss Ruth's showed nothing but contempt.