Read this passage from Through the Looking-Glass.
They placed themselves close to where Hatta, the
other Messenger, was standing watching the fight, with
a cup of tea in one hand and a piece of bread-and-
butter in the other.
"He's only just out of prison, and he hadn't finished his
tea when he was sent in," Haigha whispered to Alice:
and they only give them oyster-shells in there—so you
see he's very hungry and thirsty. How are you, dear
child?" he went on, putting his arm affectionately round
Hatta's neck