'Yes, I shall be alone for lunch and dinner,' said Lucia, wishing that it were possible for all human affairs to shut down with the shops.'
Melancholy quote from the far-from-melancholy 'Trouble for Lucia' (in the truly wonderful Mapp and Lucia series by E.F. Benson). Lucia has a number of chickens coming home to roost in the final chapters of the book but emerges the Victrix in the final reel.
Melancholy image from ad for De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills in 'The Bulletin' October 4, 1933.