lacking any appetite myself , and too jittery to focus on anything , i had n't eaten dinner nor made anything for supper-but there was always food in that house , and without any particular fuss , jamie and ian had equipped themselves in short order with the remains of a cold partridge pie , several hard-cooked eggs , a dish of piccalilli , and half a loaf of bread , which they sliced up and toasted over the fire on a fork , buttering the slices and cramming them into me in a manner brooking no argument .