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To Ruth's surprise, running a tearoom appealed to her. She observed how the sisters planned the menu according to their budget and how they set each meal's price. She observed how meticulous they were about their recipe file and how protective they were of their famous, closely guarded recipe for melt-in-your-mouth lemon tarts.

Their tarts were the item most in demand. Ruth squeezed more than a pint of fresh lemon juice each day in order of the Busy Bees to make enough of the treats. When she tried to glimpse the recipe, she'd get a slight slap on her hand, and it would be hidden from her view. The ladies took their lemon tarts seriously, which Ruth didn't mind. Who was she to question their insistence on secrecy when she was keeping secrets of her own?