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hospes : guest, host, stranger.

He could only nod and sink back down into his chair. Questions? Ah, yes, this morning's breakfast—unit questions. He remembered now. Feeling stupid and ill at ease, he watched her putter at the cupboard and then at the fire.

Once the kettle was over the fire, she laid out a loaf cake with a crumb topping, reddish brown with cinnamon. She used a long handled metal fork and speared a hunk of rich-looking golden cheese on it.

When it had begun to brown at the edges, she smeared it over two thick slices of a dark rye bread.

Edited by the ravenous renaid.