I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.

Relations between these viewers – who had come to self-identify as 'Spike-Buffy relationship fans' or 'Spuffy shippers' for short – and the writers of the show reached their nadir at the end of season six, when the writers decided to show the Spuffy shippers just how wrong they were by writing a scene in which Spike attempts to rape Buffy: […]

Many of the buyers had a spotty credit history.

We'll plant bulbs and things. A whole lawnful of daffodils.