“Funnily enough, I was supposed to be going out tonight with a few friends, but they’ve had to cancel for various reasons. I was looking forward to that, but you know, ‘c'est la vie,’ and all that.”

“Hold on, I don’t want to appear unseemly or anything, but I... um... I don’t suppose you want to, uh, I don’t know... Pop over to my cottage this evening for a chill, and have a bunch of cakes for dinner? That sound good to you?”

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Hey everyone,

This’ll be another short one, as I’m not feeling well this evening- but here’s Pearl Violet, 25 year old nurse, and a mare not used to compliments, or wasting cakes or glacé cherries for ANY reason.