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Avoid if triggered by misplaced apostrophe's. (essayel) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2008-03-20 22:19:00

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cindy, leo

Auberge, Vine Square, Leo and Cindy
Lunch at the Auberge was a tried and tested recipe for gentle enjoyment. And today with the spring sun shining down it was warm enough - just - to sit at the tables outside rather than huddling in the warmth of the little cafe.

Leo held his demi-tasse between his hands to warm them and waited for his guest.

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	mm_maru 2008-03-20 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yes, that's finished," Cindy said, settling at the table. Axminster was lying down very tamely. "It turned out very nice. And I'm already researching the eco-friendly houses for Charlie." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-20 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Good, what have you come up with?" Leo asked. "He was talking about straw bale walls and cow manure as a heating source." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-20 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yes, the cow dung was my idea," Cindy said. "So he's talking about that now after all, and not just the wooden pellets. Interesting, eh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-20 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Leo nodded. "I get the impression he's torn between what he knows is the best idea and what he can afford. But then," he grinned, "aren't we all from time to time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yes, we do," Cindy said. "But the heating, yes, that's something worth holding out for." Paula arrived with her coffee, and Cindy took it, happily. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-20 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Leo nodded and looked across the Square towards his offices. "I'm glad the weather is taking a turn for the better," he said. "Charlie tells me that this time a couple of years ago the Manor was snowed in for days but with any luck that will be a thing of the past." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-20 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, was that when the boilers were broken?" Cindy asks. "I think I heard about that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-20 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, well it's Good Friday tomorrow and a blizzard at Easter would be most unpleasant," Leo said. "Even worse with no heating, of course. Ah, lunch. Thank you Paula." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-20 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, thank you," Cindy said to Paula, accepting her lunch with a smile. "Ahh, yes, it's Western Easter. We still have another month," she said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 12:01 am UTC (link)
	"That's a good excuse for two celebrations. Why don't you join me for Sunday lunch Western style and then in a month I'll join you for an Eastern one?" Leo suggested. "BEst of both worlds?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'd say that is an excellent idea," Cindy said, picking some salmon off the salad and eating it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"Glad to hear I haven't lost the knack," Leo said and sneaked Axminster a tiny piece of bacon out of his quiche under the table. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Axminster wagged his tail, and Cindy decided to ignore the rule-breaking; Leo was allowed. "You always have the knack for excellent suggestions," she smiled at him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 12:24 am UTC (link)
	"There was another I intended to make but sadly the arrival of lunch put it right out of my mind," Leo said. "Never mind, I'm sure it will come back to me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 12:30 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I hope so," Cindy said. "I'm sure it would have been worth it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"We'll just have to wait," Leo said. "Have you seen Maude Temminck lately?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 12:55 am UTC (link)
	"I have seen her," Cindy said. "She seems happy and busy with her new daughter-in-law, who is happily, busily pregnant." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"Oh that's good," Leo said, and ate more quiche before saying, "I hope the child takes more after his or her mother and grandmother than the male line." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, definitely," she said. "The male Temmincks were vile with the exception of poor Marvin." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 10:23 am UTC (link)
	Leo nodded. "Poor child. Well, let's hope the last generation broke the mould and they have a fresh start. I have never spoken to the new Mrs Temminck, she seems a very self contained young lady, but she looks a pleasant type." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't feel the need to speak to her, even," Cindy said. "After all, she's most likely innocent of all my misgivings about the Temmincks. She wasn't even there when Cary fell off the scaffolding, or when I was fired -- to just mention the personal things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	"They have had a tragic effect on so many people around them that I quite understand your need to keep your distance." Leo sipped his coffee. "On the other hand she miht quite like alternative company to Maude Temmincks society ladies or the go-getting females Manny three must associate with." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	"If I run into her in the Mocha or something," Cindy said, "I'm not going to be impolite or put her on ignore; of course not! I'm not good at being deliberately rude to comparatively harmless people." She sipped some of her coffee. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh of course not," Leo said. "That would be medieval. speaking of which, I haven't seen that gargoyle of a younger Temminck about lately, have you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	"No, I haven't," Cindy says. "Who knows, they might have sent him off to some special gargoyle school." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Military School for preference," Leo said, "though - the thought of that child coming back having been taught how to organise his mayhem is chilling." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	"No, that would not be a good idea at all," Cindy said. She paused, eating some more of her salad. "I wouldn't know what to do with him, to be honest," she then ventured. "There's something eerily unsalvageable about the kid." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	"There are a lot of feral teens about but that one is less tractable than most," Leo agreed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	"That one's not just feral," Cindy said. "There's something horribly intentional about him -- if that makes sense at all?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	"It does," Leo agreed and pushed his plate away. "In fact the thought of him rather puts me off my meal." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, sorry!" Cindy said, looking very rueful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	"He strikes me as being a very insanitary child," Leo said. "I can imagine him getting a job in Burger King and starting a botulism epidemic." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Indeed," Cindy said, eying her salmon strangely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Let's change the subject, shall we?" Leo asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2008-03-21 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yes please," Cindy said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-03-21 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	So Leo dredged a legal anecdote out of his memory - a funny one about how the anti-poultry law in the City had come about - and soon they were both able to finish their lunch and have desert too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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