Then he found a cold roast in the refrigerator.

A few flies buzzed above bowls of turnips and peas, and more crawled on a cold roast sitting in its own congealed grease.

Sunday lunch, deep; radio, muffins, sleep; gin-and-lime, the cold roast, radio, sleep.

It's easy to eat cold roast along the way.

There's cold roast," she said, "and I think there are some cold boiled potatoes.

This time when he came back he bore a tray with an enormous cold roast, a loaf of bread, butter and mustard.

Just give him a slice of cold roast.

He stared at the man, now calmly eating a bit of cold roast, and marveled at his unruffled calm.

The soup was passable, albeit slightly cool, and a cold roast with vegetables filled the empty corners of her stomach.

"The bread's out, and you could have eggs and cold roast and bread, if that's enough."