midday
`` You certainly do have a trick of serving things to make them taste better than other people 's , '' she acknowledged , glancing from the little platter of broiled chicken with its bit of parsley to the crisp fruit salad made up of she knew not what , but presenting an appetising appearance -- then regarding fondly a dish of spinach , pleasingly flanked by thin slices of boiled egg . `` It 's really too hot to eat anything very solid , '' agreed Juliet with guile . `` Rachel and I have a way of planning our lunches a day or two ahead , so that the leftovers we use up are not yesterday 's but the day before 's , and we remember with surprise how good the original dish was far back in the past . I wish Anthony could have his midday meal at home -- though perhaps if he did the dinners would n't strike him so happily . Do n't you think it 's great fun to see a big , hearty man sit down at a table and look at it with an expression of adoration ? Women may deride the fact as they will , but a healthy body does demand good things to eat , and should n't be blamed for liking them . '' `` Wayne has n't much appetite , '' said Judith , eating away with relish .