Mrs.Luckett, talking about cheese as we watched Cicely one morning, said people's taste have much altered; for she understood they were now fond of a foreign sort that was full of holes.

The old saying was that bread should be full of holes, cheese should have none.

Just then Hilary entered and completed the triad by adding that ale should make you see double.
So he called for the brown jug, and he and I had a glass.

On my side of the jug stood a sportsman in breeches and gaiters, his gun presented, and ever in the act to fire: his dog pointed, and the birds were flying towards Hilary.

Though rude in design the scene was true to nature and the times: from the buttons on the coat to the long barrel of the gun, the details were accurate and nothing improved to suit the artist's fancy.