" He tried to imagine what Georgie would do, what measures he would invent to make Lawrence feel more at home, less in the wilderness of confusion and nerves. "If you could see to it that I have bread and ham when we stop for supper, perhaps?" It sounded childish, pathetic.

"Of course," Lady Standish said briskly, as if nothing were amiss. This, Lawrence reminded himself, was friendship. "

― Cat Sebastian , The Lawrence Browne Affair (The Turners #2)