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I'm back. Mmm,

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it smells good in here. Are you baking,

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Alvina? Oh, hi Amelia. Did

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everything go okay at St. Pancras? Splendidly.

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The ladies and French hens are on the Eurostar

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and will arrive in Paris in two hours.

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Good. I'm sure the ladies will

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have a great career as dancers at

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the Moulin Rouge and the hens, well,

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they'll probably end up as poulet frites

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or fricasse, but... Oh, those hens are

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fierce. They can fend for themselves. What

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about Joanne Salvatore? And they've set off for

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the Highlands to relocate the eleven pipers and

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will drop off the partridge in the North

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Yorkshire moors and the geese, goslings, cows and

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milkmaids at a farm in the Cotswolds on

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the way. Oh, and

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I was thinking we can give the potted pear

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tree to Mrs. Blakely next door. You

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know, to apologize for the noise. Good

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plan. And you've been baking? Well,

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I tried airing, but even after

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two hours with all the windows

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wide open, I still got cow

3:47

stench, goose pong and notes of

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chicken shit. And

3:51

the dancing lady's perfume and leaping lord's

3:53

deodorant hangs in the air like an

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obstinate fart. So

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I decided to bake a cake. Weird.

6:01

Country. What's that smell?

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Are you baking, Alvina? Mm-hmm. She's

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making a frangy pancake. Oh, yummy!

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Oh, yes, that's just the thing. When will

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it be ready? No, no,

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no, no, no, no, no, no. It will be our reward.

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After, we've got the office back in shape.

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Oh, but I'm hungry now. Alvina

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is right. We need to put this

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place back in order before we start receiving clients again.

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The carpets are so full of cowpats and bird poop,

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I don't think they can be salvaged. Rip them out

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and lay new ones, I say. Oh,

6:32

we'll get Joey and Salvatore to do that once they return.

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In the meantime, why don't you gather up

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all the feathers, Amelia? I

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can deal with a broken crockery, and Arthur,

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can you dispose of the swan's paddling pool,

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please? Yes, all right.

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It's going to be strange being just us again, isn't

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it? I'd kind

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of got used to the noise and smell

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and action and... Oh, don't tell me you miss

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them. Well, yes, maybe a

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little. At least they kept

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us on our toes. Never

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got boring with them around. Oh,

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it's so quiet now. Don't

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you worry. A new

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client will turn up soon enough

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with some impossible request or outlandish

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story. But for now,

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let's enjoy the peace and

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quiet. I

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wonder how the sisters are doing. Oh, I'm

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sure Judith, Agnes, Clarice and Penelope will

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do very well with their Easter Emporium.

7:30

Going from Christmas baubles to Easter eggs

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should be an easy transition. And I

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can't wait to see what Sybil, Natalie,

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Rachel and Germaine do with their pumpkin

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carving business. We must get

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a pumpkin from them next Halloween. Oh,

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yes. I just hope Dorothy, Gemma, Laura and Pamela

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won't regret turning their backs on the holiday industry

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altogether. Well, they are still in the spherical industry,

7:49

aren't they? I'm sure making

7:52

disco balls will suit them perfectly. Yes,

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I suppose. You know, I

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think we can all be very proud of ourselves.

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We've saved those twelve women from their

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tyrannical bad, given them fulfilling

8:04

new lives, as well as finding new

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homes for the livestock, lords and ladies.

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Now all we need to do is exchange the

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carpets, fix the broken furniture, sweep up the feathers

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and broken china, and we

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can go back to normal again. Who's

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that? Joey and Salvatore?

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Too soon, they're going all the way to the highlands, remember? A

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client? I... we're

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not expecting anyone today, are we? A

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surprise client. Very

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irregular. I'll go look through

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the peephole. So...

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who is it? Well,

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cover me in tasiki and call me a caban.

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What? Oh no, is it

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the neighbours again? Are we in trouble? No.

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It's... Yes? It's three

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kings. Three kings? What?

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Bearing gifts. Looks

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like gold, myrrh,

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and frankincense. What? Oh,

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this is exciting, isn't it?

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