Me: I can’t bear to see you like this.
Nell: Where has Rupert gone? I thought he’d be back by now.
Me: He might just be away on business.
Nell: It’s not like him to leave without telling anyone.
Me: He must have a very good reason.
Nell: He isn’t answering his iBone.
Me: Maybe he just decided he needed time out for a while. Life is stressful and wolves are solitary animals
Nell: No, they aren’t. A lone wolf is simply seeking a companion. They are pack animals.
Me: That blows my theory out of the water.
Nell: And it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Rupert never forgets.
Me: I refuse to believe Knitwear Wolf would do anything bad.
Nell: Why do you think he’s done something bad?
Me: It’s what everyone’s saying.
Nell: Why?
Me: Because of what Henry and Horst saw and the fact that Poppy’s recipe book is still missing and, according to today’s Daily Growl, is probably in the claws of NOIR.
Nell: I beg your pardon?
Me: I thought you’d seen it. Lionel went to get the newspapers and has been showing everyone.
Nell: Not me. What did it say?
Me: ‘Our foreign correspondent in Paris reports that NOIR, the Notorious Organisation of International Rooks, will be launching a chain of tea rooms across Europe with exciting new recipes from the UK.’
Nell: Paris?
Me: I didn’t even know the Daily Growl had a foreign correspondent.
Nell: Why Paris?
Me: It’s where NOIR have their headquarters.
Nell: What else did they say?
Me: Just an interview with Sponge Finger about cream teas.
Nell: Cream teas?
Me: Sponge Finger was waxing lyrical about their new recipe for scones.
Nell: They’ve got Poppy’s recipe book, haven’t they?
Me: Probably.
Nell: And his name is Savoiardi.
Me: Yes. Sorry.
