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Kingfish, Mornay

Neatly trim and wipe two fresh kingfish of one and a half pounds each; place in a frying pan with half ounce butter, half gill white wine, two branches parsley, juice of a sound quarter lemon, half teaspoon salt and three saltspoons white pepper. Cover fish with lightly buttered paper, boil five minutes on range, then set to bake in oven for twenty minutes. Remove, lift up with a skimmer, lay in baking dish. Pour a sauce Mornay and sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese over the fish, and set in oven for fifteen minutes. Remove, cut a sound lemon in half, then slice it finely, arrange slices around fish and serve.