By this time Hilary was hungry, and today she wasn't lunching on a bun and a glass of milk. You didn't pawn Aunt Arabella's ruby ring every day of the week, and when you did you didn't lunch on buns - you splashed out, had a two-course lunch, and cream in your coffee.
(from The Case is Closed, by Patricia Wentworth)
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