Oaklet, you know perfectly well that Aunt Penelope does not wear glasses! (I assume you were referring to her.) She's still a young woman! Haughty? Well, yes, but that goes with Rutledge women. I too am haughty, and proud of it! Did you know that I have a new Porsche and that it is striped black and white like a zebra, because I couldn't decide which colour I liked better, black or white, so I said, "Do it in both then! For my birthday! Just like a zebra!" And so they did. It cost my Uncle Winston absolute cartloads of money. I have been driving it up and down the rural roads and showing it off. I blow the horn loudly when approaching blind curves and hidden intersections. Everyone is very impressed, specially the bad-tempered man whose horse panicked and dumped his ale cart in the bog. He's threatening legal action, silly fellow. I had the right of way! I really think it's time that farm vehicles were required to restrict their travels to only specific hours on our roads. I suspect he had been drinking anyway. It was an ale wagon, after all, and he was unshaven and unkempt. Where there's smoke, there's fire, that's what I always say.

Well, TTFN!

* Veronica