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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7154858" data-attributes="member: 6777052">Thank you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[hr][/hr]As they were setting off next morning, they had hardly gone a few yards when the sky suddenly darkened and with a beating of mighty wings came .......... a tartan dragon. His name was Archie and he was Flora's ex."Wahae the noo!" cried Archie, "If it's nae Flora, ma wee flodget!""Archie! Get lost, I never want to see you again after what you did," was Flora's riposte."Hoots! That's ma Flora!" bellowed Archie and, turning to Cholmondley, he advised "Ne'er tangle wi' a chintz dragon. She'll hae yer wee galdies awa afore ye ken the time o' dae""Er .. thank you," responded Cholmondley, who hadn't the slightest idea what Archie was saying.Archie espied Knife riding Barnaby and trying, quite successfully, to look inconsequential. "Hi daedsie, why the lang snoot?""Oh, it's nothing important," replied Knife gloomily. "I was just thinking I wouldn't bother with learning spells. It's too much effort." And Barnaby nodded in agreement."Has ma Flora been teaching ye magic? Wheest, ye'll nae larn a whipple grammit fro' Flora. Cam awa wi Archie - ma lair hae all the bicks ye could misk."There was something about the way Archie winked and licked his lips that made Knife nervous. "My friends are expecting me," she countered defensively.Archie shook his head. "Wha gloompsie," he admonished, "ne'er swish ya tael at a freebie. Ye caming haem Flora?""I suppose your lair is an absolute mess, and you haven't done the washing up? Thought not. You're a disgrace, Archie. I don't know why I bother with you." But she followed him anyway, and they flew off into the distance, bickering.The palfrey, bereft of her rider, looked uncertain. "Stick with me, kid," said Harrington.They rode on and a few minutes later, as the tavern came in sight, there suddenly were Ronni and Keyes, swooping down wearing their winged accoutrements. "It's Knife!" they squealed with delight. "Cholmondley, you genius, you've brought her back!""Well, yes and no, you see ..."Glossary of Archie-speakFlodget - a baby dragon, just able to fly. A term of endearment (joc.)Galdies - gold piecesDaedsie - a dead personSnoot - snout, and thus the face in generalMisk - wish for, desireWhipple grammit - a very small amount of anything (lit. a drachm-weight of whisked cream)Gloompsie - a glum person</blockquote>

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