Quotation from: The People of the Abyss

Written by: Jack London

"Two slices an' a cup of tea," meekly said the Carter.

"Two slices an' a cup of tea," meekly said the Carpenter.

Stop a moment, and consider the situation. Here were two men, invited by
me into the coffee-house. They had seen my gold piece, and they could
understand that I was no pauper. One had eaten a ha'penny roll that day,
the other had eaten nothing. And they called for "two slices an' a cup
of tea!" Each man had given a tu'penny order. "Two slices," by the way,
means two slices of bread and butter.