“Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl.”
Source: My Family and Other Animals
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“She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.”
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Part I, chapter 10.
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“673. As demure as if Butter would not melt in his Mouth.”
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