The man came running from the kitchen with a sheepish look on his face. "Our staff in the back thought seven of your ten kembung fish were the hotel's," he said to the guests, three men, all of whom were of bigger build than him. "So we've cooked them, and...errh, we've eaten them."

After half a beat filled with consternation two weeks ago, Father Marianus Welan of the Delsos organization in Larantuka, East Flores, regrouped and burst out in a guffaw. "My