_His_ food won't taste of paraffin." "In any case she won't do it," said the Major.

"No girl would be so wicked." "The only thing that will defeat her," said Meldon, "will be the case of a boiled egg.

I don't myself see how she's to manage a boiled egg.
I had to leave that to her own imagination.

But she's a smart girl, and she may hit upon some way of doing it.

In any case, the judge can hardly live entirely on boiled eggs.