"And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there.

At five in the afternoon I take another dose of asses' milk; and for supper twelve chestnuts (which would weigh twenty-four of those in London), one new laid egg, and a handsome porringer of white bread and milk.

He put out his hand, which I did not take, and said, "Do you like his nameArthur?" "Yes," I mumbled, as I passed him, and went to the kitchen, where Hepsey and Temperance were superintending the steeping of certain aromatic herbs, which stood round the fire in silver porringers and earthen pitchers.