A Free Meal

A RATHER seedy-looking customer came into a restaurant and said to the proprietor,

• “What do you ask for nicely-cooked beefsteak, well done, with onions?”

• “A shilling.”

• “And the gravy?”

• “Oh, we don’t charge anything for the gravy.”

• “You don’t. That’s liberal. How much do you charge for the bread?”

• “We throw in the bread.”

• “Is it good bread?”

• “It is.”

• “So you throw in the bread and gravy?”

• “Certainly.”

• “Then bring me some bread and gravy. It’s not healthy to eat meat at this time of the year.”