1. I am expecting a visitor, so I am forced to get up early to do my errands, lengthening the day by about two hours.
2. When I was at school our housemistress lectured us on the badness of eating in the street because of the damage it did to the reputation of the school. Twelve years later, there is still something deliciously naughty about buying pakora and lamb burgers from the farmers' market and eating them outside the town hall.
3. Introducing Jenny to a particularly good brand of velvety hot chocolate.
End at the beginning, whistler and no pressure.
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