Sep 11, 2012
If you would be so kind as to cease your fooling about and tend to your obligations, I would be very thankful. My roses are looking rather brittle and weeded - for your sake, Miss Durand, I hope you have been slaving your hardest to maintain their perfect health.
So sorry, sir - I wasn't aware that making conversation was called "fooling about" these days. If your roses look brittle, well, I can assure you it's not my fault, it seems like all I've done lately is look after them. So yes, I have been slaving to maintain their health. Perhaps if you had flowers that weren't so prickly and difficult to handle, they'd look a little better. Sir.