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Second Reading

About Thursday 18 December 1662

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"the undercooking"

What SP actually said was
"they were not done enough"
which might well have meant that they were a bit too raw/rare, but might equally well have meant that other aspects (e.g. the presentation at table) were below the standard that SP would have wished to show to his guest.
[EP: "Well, if you'd told us that you were bringing important guests . . ."
SP: "But I didn't know he was coming - he invited himself!"
EP: "And that makes a difference, does it?"]