The peas and potatoes might have been a bit softer, but we all had good teeth, so that did not matter much: and as for the gravy, it was a poem - a little too rich, perhaps, for a weak stomach, but nutritious.
Les pois et les pommes de terre auraient gagné a etre plus tendres, mais nous avions tous de bonnes dents, et cela n’importait guere. Quant a la sauce, c’était un vrai poeme : un peu trop riche, peut-etre, pour un estomac délicat, mais tres nutritive.