Me: I’m sorry for such an early call. Harriet is here and Dave is listening.
Nell: Don’t worry. We fugitives rarely sleep.
Me: I’m glad we didn’t wake you.
Nell: You woke me. I was being polite.
Me: We thought we should tell you about Morning Thoughts.
Nell: You were at Morning Thoughts?
Me: Yes.
Nell: You’re never at Morning Thoughts.
Me: I am since you left, Nell. In case someone has something important to say.
Nell: And did they?
Me: Yes. Now, I’m not sure you’ll like this but the thing is…
Nell: Spit it out.
Me: You might have to change your mind about catching that ferry from Roscoff to Plymouth.
Nell: I beg your pardon?
Me: There’s been a new development.
Nell: We’re almost there and if you think we’re going to scooter back to Paris you’re much mistaken.
Me: No. You’re still coming home, just differently.
Nell: Stop dancing around the biscuits and come to the crunch.
Me: Lionel has offered Dave and Harriet the loan of his speedboat and so they’re coming to get you.
Nell: David and Harriet are driving a speedboat down to Brittany?
Me: Yes.
Nell: I’ve heard it all now.
Me: The initial thought was you could still take the ferry and they could speed along beside you, but, as the llamas wisely pointed out, two Labradors in a speedboat might look suspicious.
Nell: Whereas three Labradors and a wolf wouldn’t look suspicious at all? Did you say ‘llamas’?
Me: Yes.
Nell: Are you trying to tell me the llamas go to Morning Thoughts, too?
Me: Everyone goes, since you left. Even the Whippets Institute and the Welsh Corgi Choir.
Nell: Goodness me.
Me: We’re going to bring you and Knitwear Wolf safely home.
Nell: In a speedboat?
Me: Yes. Sorry.
