“Yes, it’s a pie, Wegg,” replied Mr. Boffin, with a glance of some little discomfiture at the Decline and Fall .

“ Have I lost my smell for fruits, or is it a apple pie, sir?” asked Wegg.

“It’s a veal and ham pie,” said Mr. Boffin.

“Is it indeed, sir? And it would be hard, sir, to name the pie that is a better pie than a weal and hammer,” said Mr. Wegg, nodding his head emotionally.

“Have some, Wegg?”