"Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil in the snow. A gold sovereign wrapped in a white silk handkerchief. She dipped her spoon in it and licked it."

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Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.110, Egmont UK

Elizabeth Wein

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