Having invited Helen and me to approach the table, and placed before each of us a cup of tea with one delicious but thin morsel of toast, she got up, unlocked a drawer, and taking from it a parcel wrapped in paper, disclosed presently to our eyes a good-sized seed-cake. "I meant to give each of you some of this to take with you," said she, "but as there is so little toast, you must have it now," and she proceeded to cut slices with a generous hand.
Ella invitò Elena e me ad avvicinarci alla tavola, collocò dinanzi a noi le tazze e i crostini, poi tolse da un cassetto un maestoso pan pepato, ravvolto con cura, e la sua mano generosa ce ne tagliò delle fette grosse.