Florrie's love for him was deep and unselfish, though it demanded from her occasional displays of calculated thoughfulness.
"Don't have rissoles today", she would say theatrically, talking from the side of her mouth as she bent over the table arranging the cutlery.
This unnecessary advice, unnecessary since no person in his right mind would eat rissoles in a cafe, always imbued rissoles with a more sinister quality than the most doubtful of them deserved. But Arthur regarded this warning as evidence of great thoughtfulness.
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