Morningstar Manor

Summary 2nd to 8th August 2008

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Charlie did his best to keep to a routine for working out. Some days, when he had been moving things around at the gallery or had covered some hours for the maintenance team, he felt he'd done more than enough and didn't need to, and he was, he thought, generally pretty fit. But lately he had spent far too much time doing paperwork at work and playing gently with Nia and Rosie at home and was running the risk of getting flabby.

So down to the gym he went and began to warm up. Later he'd fiddle around with the weights, see how fast he could go on the treadmill, give the punch bag the beating of its life and see if he could still touch the back of his head with the sole of his foot. For now he just sat spraddle legged on the floor and slowly put his chest on the floor between his knees.

So far so good.

Miss Clapton really was a splendid librarian, for all her translucency! All Leo had to do was express an interest in a particular book and in a week or so it would be there. It had become a bit of a game actually. Tuchman's 'A Distant Mirror' had been no problem and she had even manage a copy of Salter's 'Castles of Kent' but he had really thought he was pushing his luck when he asked for the Luttrell Psalter.

He settled in his seat, opened the huge book on his knee and smiled as Miss Clapton walked away, stocking seams arrow straight above her stiletto heels. He watched her, knowing that she expected him to, knowing that she would check, and seeing no reason why he shouldn't admire a very lovely rear even if he could see a desk through it. Then he began to look at the pictures and puzzle out the latin under his breath.

Curled up fast asleep, apparently, in the middle of the pool table with one paw wrapped around the cue ball, Palug was very comfortable indeed.

Less confortable was the rat he had caught and released earlier, that was now crammed into the little space behind the pinball machine.

Palug figured it had to come out some time and then he would be ready for it.

Until then - zzzzzzzzz with one eye half open.