Status Updates From Butter in a Lordly Dish

SIR LUKE. "Butter in a lordly dish" - now where does that come from? The Bible? Esther? No, it isn't Esther.
JULIA. Don't you remember?
SIR LUKE. I'll get it in a minute.

(He gives another exclamation of pain.)

Ooh - funny this cramp. I feel quite stiff. What were we talking about?
JULIA. Killing...

Sir Luke. By Jove, cold duck. And is that pâté?
Julia. It is.
Sir Luke. And do my eyes deceive me, is that immense yellow pyramid real butter?

(Julia speaks in a rather peculiar voice.)

Julia. Butter in a lordly dish...
Sir Luke. (Gaily.) It sounds quite biblical.
Julia. Does it? (Gravely.)