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She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.

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I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it.

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Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.

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Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink.

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She had always been an unashamed reader of novels.

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