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The hike to the castle is easy enough. It would likely have taken less time if Mary hadn’t been curious and wanted to stop and look at some of the older trees.
But that’s what holidays are about, really.
The plan is to ride to Port Caynn tomorrow and swim in the sea before spending the night at an inn of…slightly dubious reputation. (Alanna assures her it’s safe now. Lucy makes a note not to mention any former smugglers to Archibald Craven.)
But tonight is for camping, and as the evening approaching Lucy heads out to stroke her borrowed mare’s neck and make sure the supplies are all ready.
But that’s what holidays are about, really.
The plan is to ride to Port Caynn tomorrow and swim in the sea before spending the night at an inn of…slightly dubious reputation. (Alanna assures her it’s safe now. Lucy makes a note not to mention any former smugglers to Archibald Craven.)
But tonight is for camping, and as the evening approaching Lucy heads out to stroke her borrowed mare’s neck and make sure the supplies are all ready.
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Date: 2007-06-09 04:48 am (UTC)"Except sometimes by accident - when I was tired and it was sunny. But not at night."
She sounds excited.
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Date: 2007-06-09 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-09 06:03 am (UTC)". . . why would you roast apples?"
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:05 am (UTC)She knows they have it.
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:10 am (UTC)(Not that you would put meat in an apple turnover, because, ew.)
"Except there ought to be pastry."
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-09 06:16 am (UTC)"I did not know you could eat bears," she says, sounding impressed, and glances around at the woods surrounding them.
"Are there bears here?"
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:20 am (UTC)Lucy glances about as well.
"I doubt it. Not that we need worry about, at any rate, or Alanna would have said."
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:22 am (UTC)"It is only good to know in case we must be prepared." She looks over at the campsite, and then back at Lucy.
Awkward beat.
"I do not know how to start a fire."
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:25 am (UTC)And then she holds out a hand to Mary. "Then it's past time you learned."
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Date: 2007-06-09 07:24 am (UTC)"It seems as if it would be a useful thing to know," she agrees - which is perhaps Mary's way of saying 'thank you for teaching me.'
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Date: 2007-06-09 07:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-09 07:40 am (UTC)After finding three sticks, which she clutches with intensity, she has the idea to hold up the hem of her pinafore and turn it into a sort of carrying bag.
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Date: 2007-06-09 07:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-09 07:51 am (UTC)"Should I put the needles on now?"
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Date: 2007-06-09 07:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-11 03:35 am (UTC)(Her stockings are going to be horrendously dirty.)
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Date: 2007-06-11 04:28 am (UTC)Lucy is smiling a great deal more than she realizes as she picks up flint and steel. "Have you ever used such before?"
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Date: 2007-06-11 04:32 am (UTC)"Martha always makes the fire."
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Date: 2007-06-11 04:48 am (UTC)She moves their hands once, sharply, and three sparks fall, though not on the tinder.
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Date: 2007-06-11 04:50 am (UTC)"I want to try by myself now to see if I can do it."
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Date: 2007-06-11 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-11 04:58 am (UTC)There's a clanging sound. Other than that, nothing much happens.
"Why did it not work?" Mary demands, scowling.
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Date: 2007-06-11 05:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-11 05:05 am (UTC)This time a tiny spark appears, and Mary bursts into a beaming smile. "There - see?"
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