" Tilly was talking to William—they all called him William now—she was saying: “If you really like sardine sandwiches that’s too easy. We’ve got lots of tinned sardines in the store cupboard because we laid in a stock of them when it said on the wireless that everyone was to lay in a store of food in case of invasion…and then, of course, it changed its mind and said people who stored food were food hoarders and ought to be shot, but by that time the deed was done.” “You weren’t shot,” said William. “Nobody knew,” replied Tilly, dimpling. "

― D.E. Stevenson , The Four Graces