So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee a…

John Steinbeck
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So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda. ✨ Letter on August 20, 1947. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, 1976.
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So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda. ✨ Letter on August 20, 1947. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, 1976.

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