Sophie looked at her for a moment, at the earnestness of it, the complete refusal to let the question die, and then looked down at her plate, and then back at Lily with something genuine in her expression.
"Honestly," Sophie said, "I've eaten at a great many places, Lily. Very fine ones. Places that take themselves extremely seriously." A brief pause. "But I've been thinking about this meal since I smelled it at the door. So I think that tells you something."
Lily sat back with the satisfied expression of someone who had gotten the answer they wanted and intended to remember it.
"I knew it," she said, to no one in particular.
Ash looked up from his portion briefly, apparently agreeing, and then returned to the more pressing matter of the remaining rib.
