these three young gentlemen, mr. stryver, exuding patronage of the most offensive quality from every pore, had walked before him like three sheep to the quiet corner in soho, and had offered as pupils to lucie's husband: delicately saying "halloa! here are three lumps of bread-and-cheese towards your matrimonial picnic, darnay!" the polite rejection of the three lumps of bread-and-cheese had quite bloated mr.