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` Nay , my bairn , that 's not the end of it ; the end of it is a very bad one -- debt and dishonesty , for they are the same thing to me -- if one does not try to put a better end to it ; and , I 'm sure , you would not keep in debt , would you ? But there , it 's no time for such conversation at this hour , when you ought to be eating a good breakfast before going out to earn an honest livelihood . Have a piece more bacon , Miss Eva ; it 's hot and will keep you going till dinner-time -- you 've a long morning before you , remember , ' urged the housekeeper . Then she made up a little parcel with Eva 's lunch , for she declared it was extravagant to pay sixpence a day for dinner when she could always give them pies or sandwiches to eat at midday , and cook them a nice hot dinner in the evening . Eva did not say anything , but though she was quiet she looked less miserable than she had done when she came down . That day she did not go to the Enterprise Club , where they ate their cold lunch or had the pies heated if they liked ; and when Amy rang her up on the telephone she said she was lunching with a friend . Nor did she come home by the same train as Amy , who even waited for the next , and then gave her up in despair .