Relieved that he hadn't noticed her momentary break, Verity paused their conversation to take a small bite of her food. Although it tasted exactly the same, it now bore the weight of her stress and she was uncertain how much she would actually manage to eat. "There are a great many things you may say about our country. However, that we are culinary masters is not one." How could they be when such exemplary foods existed elsewhere?

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