Me: Did you just take a biscuit off that table?
Nell: Kev put it there. It would have been rude not to.
Me: Are you sure it wasn’t dropped by a Beefy?
Nell: Beefies drop mackerel not biscuits. Do keep up.
Me: Tell me again what Owl Pacino saw up on Dartmoor.
Nell: A handsome wolf in biking leathers, a beautiful Golden Retriever and an exceptionally large black Labrador.
Me: Were they running for their lives?
Nell: No. They were enjoying a cream tea.
Me: On Dartmoor?
Nell: Yes. At a cafe. Dartmoor is famous for its cream. The scones won’t have been up to Poppy’s standard but you can’t have everything.
Me: It certainly sounds like them.
Nell: It is them. How many wolves do you think wear biking leathers?
Me: I could probably count them on one hand.
Nell: Well then.
Me: Why haven’t they been in touch? It was supposed to be a day trip.
Nell: Maybe they have. I had a message from Barks and Spencer yesterday telling me my delivery would be here between 10am and 11am.
Me: Barks don’t deliver to our area.
Nell: Exactly.
Me: We’d all better check our iBones again for messages.
Nell: I agree.
Me: Talking of messages, the publishers wanted me to know that my book ‘Conversations with Nell’ is featuring at the London Book Fair this year.
Nell: I am aware of the title and you mean our book. I think I had a paw in the writing of it.
Me: Yes, of course. You’re my inspiration.
Nell: Anyway, that’s very good news. You should be proud.
Me: I am. I just wish I could have been there too.
Nell: Just be happy your book is. The more people who know about us the better.
Me: Yes. Sorry.
