Pug was caught up in the grandeur of lost empires, but hungry enough to notice Meecham was putting several small loaves of dark bread in the hearth oven.
I even went as far as making some preparations before I went to bed that night - at least, I put a bow and a couple of dozen arrows handy, and found a sack into which I put several loaves and a cheese.
Til give you plenty,' said Mrs Andrews, putting loaves, butter, and cream cheese into the baskets. '
Some thoughtful person had put a kettle of stew, loaves of bread, and a pile of biscuits on the long table in the wharf office and, with little discussion, the hungry served themselves.