His wife explained that Daddy earned a living by collecting tiny crumbs of cake each time a slice of it was passed from one person to another.

他妻子解释道：人们一个个传递蛋糕时，爸爸每次弄下一丁点儿，钱就这样积累起来了。

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Oh sure, and one slice of your plum cake then. How long will the order take?

哦，当然好，那再来一块你们的黑布林蛋糕吧。请问需要多长时间才能做好？

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But don't most of play along with the fiction that if we eat one of these bars, we can indulge ourselves later in a slice of cheese cake?

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