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Tevildo · 12-25-2004, 06:28 PM

Since Keleth and Tolly had agreed to take on the job of finding and stringing the lovely green garlands, Cook had reassigned Mistress Ellie and the young Hawthorne lass to the job of serving meals and cleaning up the guest chambers. The Inn was packed to overflowing, and there was a great deal of work to be done.

"For now, clean up the tables in the Common Room where folk are finishing their breakfast," Cook had hastily explained. "Then go upstairs and help dust the chambers and dress the beds with fresh linens. Later on Mistress Amaranthas will be arriving and bringing flowers for the party, and the two of you will be able to help her set them out on the tables."

Mistress Ellie nodded quickly in agreement. She was so relieved to have a roof over her head for at least the next few nights without having to dip into her remaining pennies that she would have agreed to do most anything. She set in to scrubbing down the large table near the kitchen where a family of noisey Hobbits had been sitting. They had arrived from the Southfarthing just the day before and had thoroughly enjoyed their meal but the little ones had left a considerable mess with porridge spilled all over the table and even dripping onto the floor.

After finally managing to get the table clean, just as she was starting on the floor, Ellie glanced up from her scrubbing to to see if she could see Tevildo. There was no sign of the cat anywhere in the Common Room. He may have gone out to the barn to catch a mouse or two, she mused, and immediately put aside all thoughts of her fluffy white companion to concentrate again on the task at hand.

Her companion Hawthorne was busy clearing off several other tables and scraping the scraps from the plates into a pail hanging near the wall. Hawthorne's dog trailed closely behind the young lass. Once or twice, the young Hobbit tossed a small piece of bread down to the waiting mouth of the dog. Ellie smiled as she watched the dog's tail wag vigorously back and forth. Everything seemed to be going very nicely.

12-25-2004, 06:28 PM	#1091
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	Since Keleth and Tolly had agreed to take on the job of finding and stringing the lovely green garlands, Cook had reassigned Mistress Ellie and the young Hawthorne lass to the job of serving meals and cleaning up the guest chambers. The Inn was packed to overflowing, and there was a great deal of work to be done. "For now, clean up the tables in the Common Room where folk are finishing their breakfast," Cook had hastily explained. "Then go upstairs and help dust the chambers and dress the beds with fresh linens. Later on Mistress Amaranthas will be arriving and bringing flowers for the party, and the two of you will be able to help her set them out on the tables." Mistress Ellie nodded quickly in agreement. She was so relieved to have a roof over her head for at least the next few nights without having to dip into her remaining pennies that she would have agreed to do most anything. She set in to scrubbing down the large table near the kitchen where a family of noisey Hobbits had been sitting. They had arrived from the Southfarthing just the day before and had thoroughly enjoyed their meal but the little ones had left a considerable mess with porridge spilled all over the table and even dripping onto the floor. After finally managing to get the table clean, just as she was starting on the floor, Ellie glanced up from her scrubbing to to see if she could see Tevildo. There was no sign of the cat anywhere in the Common Room. He may have gone out to the barn to catch a mouse or two, she mused, and immediately put aside all thoughts of her fluffy white companion to concentrate again on the task at hand. Her companion Hawthorne was busy clearing off several other tables and scraping the scraps from the plates into a pail hanging near the wall. Hawthorne's dog trailed closely behind the young lass. Once or twice, the young Hobbit tossed a small piece of bread down to the waiting mouth of the dog. Ellie smiled as she watched the dog's tail wag vigorously back and forth. Everything seemed to be going very nicely. __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.