Ellie patted him on the back as she set about checking her pots. The smells of meat and vegetables filled the kitchen. It made Thomas hungry, but no sooner had he thought it than an egg, slightly cracked, with a crust of bread appeared at his elbow.
The maid fluttered away nervously as soon as she had set down the plate near him. Ellie called over, “You look a bit pale. The egg will pink up your cheeks.”
Thomas shook his head with a smile and cracked the egg open. It was a bit undercooked for his taste, but it reminded him of how his mother had always taken her eggs. She liked to dip her bread into the egg, and Thomas found himself doing it just to remember..
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