That's one of those wishes that's doomed to be unfulfilled, I'm afraid.
Beets are very good for mudbloods. Very good indeed. In fact, I think it an excellent idea for you to devote an extra hour or two to communing with beets.
Be up at cock crow tomorrow. You're to put in a couple of hours hoeing before bringing me my breakfast.
Well, he doesn't seem to do it very often, Poppy. Still, he is just a boy, and if he is being worked sun up to sun down, I suppose sheer physical exhaustion might make him more likely to make a misstep like that, poor child.
(How are Alice and Kevin doing today, by the way? Not to mention Frank--did he dip very deeply into the Firewhiskey?)
Alice and the baby are doing very well. In fact, I'm having difficulty this morning persuading Alice that there are more than enough of us here to take over all of her tasks this week. Yesterday, she seemed very willing to stay in bed most of the day, but this morning, she was up first thing. I found her in the buttery. I told her, of course, that she should reconcile herself to the notion that she needs as much quiet rest as she can get this week, but I believe she has other ideas about that.
The baby is in fine form, and I hope he stays well. It came to me this morning how much I depend on the fact that my patients are capable of telling me what ails them.
Of course, here we are chatting on young Mr Boot's entry, and he is the perfect contradiction to my point. An infant might well be clearer in communicating what ails it than this lad is when he's suffered injuries. Honestly, Carrow does test my Healer's vow. Just a small dose of decocted hellabore in his porridge of a morning...
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Date: 2009-07-13 12:47 am (UTC)Beets are very good for mudbloods. Very good indeed. In fact, I think it an excellent idea for you to devote an extra hour or two to communing with beets.
Be up at cock crow tomorrow. You're to put in a couple of hours hoeing before bringing me my breakfast.
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Date: 2009-07-13 12:48 am (UTC)yes sir
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Date: 2009-07-13 12:57 am (UTC)You'll work the full shift as usual afterwards, mind.
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Date: 2009-07-13 12:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-13 02:26 am (UTC)Bloody hell. My own stupid fault, though.
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Date: 2009-07-13 01:48 am (UTC)When will that boy learn not to put his foot in it unnecessarily?
You don't suppose he was hoping to provoke that response? I mean to say, he's cleverer than this, so I do wonder...
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Date: 2009-07-13 02:24 am (UTC)(How are Alice and Kevin doing today, by the way? Not to mention Frank--did he dip very deeply into the Firewhiskey?)
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Date: 2009-07-13 02:09 pm (UTC)The baby is in fine form, and I hope he stays well. It came to me this morning how much I depend on the fact that my patients are capable of telling me what ails them.
Of course, here we are chatting on young Mr Boot's entry, and he is the perfect contradiction to my point. An infant might well be clearer in communicating what ails it than this lad is when he's suffered injuries. Honestly, Carrow does test my Healer's vow. Just a small dose of decocted hellabore in his porridge of a morning...