Me: I think Harriet might have a new Best Friend.
Nell: What do you mean?
Me: She and Faye are inseparable. I hope Dave isn’t feeling left out.
Nell: David has cuddles from everyone.
Me: I know but Harriet is his sister.
Nell: Faye is Jonathan’s sister. You don’t see him worrying about who she’s cuddling.
Me: Dave’s a sensitive soul. Darling Big Brave Beautiful Boy.
Nell: Well, he’s going to have to toughen up if he wants a chance of playing Indy.
Me: How are the auditions going?
Nell: We’ve delayed them a little to allow the family time to settle in.
Me: That’s kind.
Nell: Andre’s only here until Sunday so we thought Monday might be a good day to begin.
Me: Sounds like you have everything organised.
Nell: You should explain why we were so late posting our conversation yesterday.
Me: Yes. We didn’t have the internet all day so we decided to go to the Cottage Hotel for lunch where I was able to use their internet.
Nell: Without me.
Me: We knew we’d have to sit inside, Nell, because of the wind and rain.
Nell: Anyway, when you arrived you found someone had left you a lovely present at reception.
Me: It was a wonderful surprise. Some kind person has given me a jar of homemade jam with a note telling me to put it on Poppy’s scones.
Nell: It was a lovely thing to do.
Me: It was. Thank you very much.
Nell: You look a little windswept in Kev’s photo.
Me: It was very windy down at Hope Cove, Nell. There was nothing I could do.
Nell: Ever heard of a hairbrush?
Me: It’s just me. Nobody cares.
Nell: I think you’ll find they do. The homemade jam proves that.
Me: Yes. Sorry.
