I don't suppose the judge will be able to either.

Boiled eggs are difficult things to tamper with, but you could always see that they were stale." "I could not, then." "You could, Sabina.

Don't raise frivolous difficulties.

Anybody could keep an egg until it was stale." "Not in this house." "And why not ?" "Because they'd be ate," said Sabina.

"Whatever many eggs the hens might lay they'd be ate by some one before they were a day in the house, and I couldn't keep them.