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Macaroni in Cream

Place one and a half tablespoons butter in a saucepan, adding one good tablespoon flour; briskly stir and heat for two minutes, then add one gill hot milk and one gill cold cream. Season with three saltspoons salt, one saltspoon cayenne pepper and one saltspoon grated nutmeg; stir well, then drop in the macaroni, and gently cook for two minutes, lightly mixing with a fork; add half ounce grated Parmesan and half ounce grated Swiss cheese. Carefully mix with the fork without breaking while cooking for one minute. Serve very hot.