Me: These summer walks are so relaxing.
Nell: Harriet rarely relaxes for long.
Me: No. A quick roll around in the grass with her beloved ball and off she goes again. Bless her.
Nell: Now, there’s been a development on the cheese scone front.
Me: Not something you hear every day.
Nell: I don’t know if you realised, but yesterday was National Cream Tea day.
Me: Why didn’t we have a cream tea?
Nell: There weren’t any scones left, and most of them were cheese anyway.
Me: Why?
Nell: The Beefies took them.
Me: That’s not fair.
Nell: I know and we told Herr Hoffmann that at Morning Thoughts.
Me: What did he say?
Nell: He said he had to support his ‘luffly leetle girls’ in their new enterprise.
Me: What?
Nell: He said it was time for them ‘to fly the nest’ and ‘venture out into the world.’
Me: What a load of nonsense. The Beefies have been getting up to mischief in the real world for years.
Nell: I know.
Me: Hang on, do you think Herr Hoffmann is actually the one behind ‘The Kingsbridge Cream Tea Experience’?
Nell: His scones are.
Me: But it’s Poppy’s recipe.
Nell: Yes.
Me: So it’s going to get excellent reviews from Gulldon Ramsay.
Nell: It already has. Look at today’s Daily Growl.
Me: ‘Thank you Kingsbridge. You’ve made this seagull very happy.’
Nell: Shocking, isn’t it?
Me: What are we going to do?
Nell: Herr Hoffmann needs to know he’s being used to further the Beefies’ wicked plans of world domination.
Me: That’s a tiny bit dramatic, Nell.
Nell: We’re going to be bombarded with Beefies.
Me: Are we?
Nell: Any seagull worth its salt is going to fly straight over here to try The Kingsbridge Experience.
Me: You’re right. Sorry.
