"Was economics interesting?" Armand asked. As a field of knowledge it sounded about as useless as his own study of law was, but then again, his French law studies had been fairly useless in England. "I've found myself wishing for more practical knowledge. My sister was an actress. If I'd followed her footsteps instead of trying to get into university, I'd at least have that skill at hand."

Now that he was away from the cannibal, his appetite was returning somewhat and there was nothing for it except to wait for lunch so far as he knew. "I didn't try it yesterday. Do you suppose we could get seconds? I didn't eat anything but fruit, and I gave most of it to the cannibal."