He had little curiosity as to its flavor, and a very small appetite at all with the conversation in its present position.

He waited for the stipulated time, however, and then leaned once more across the table.
"Spencer!" "First I must have your judgment upon the sauce.

Did you find enough mussels ?" "Damn the sauce!" Duncombe answered.

"Forgive me, Spencer, but this affair is, after all, a serious one to me.

You say that your two scouts, as you call them, discovered nothing.