Welsh rarebit

For a while I acted as consultant to the grand Piccadilly food store, Fortnum & Mason. They were immensely courteous and charming people and employed lots of experts on things like honey and marmalade. It was (and is still) the grocers of choice to royalty as well as the nouveaux riches and despite the obvious difference between my own unruly and untidy presence and their own tail coats and good manners, I rather enjoyed the experience. The chief executive even offered to sponsor me for