had really read it. Her praise was
unqualified, she had understood the
reasons that had made me refuse,
as she put it, ‘to make any ignoble
compromises with expediency’,
adding that it would be the greatest
mistake to water down a serious
work on Mediterranean food ‘to
suit present, we hope transitory
weaknesses in our own victualling
service’. Nicely put, that last
phrase. Another point made by Mrs
Nicholas, and one which
particularly pleased me, was that
following well-deserved praise for
John Minton’s admirable
illustrations and a few kind words
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