We lived in a very simple, plain manner; breakfast was at half-past eight, luncheon at half-past one, dinner at seven—to which I came generally (when it was no regular large dinner party)—eating my bread and milk out of a small silver basin. Tea was only allowed as a great treat in later years.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 / Volume 1, 1837-1843
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Queen of Great Britain Victoria
