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Author:	Advent Drabblers [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:21 am ]
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note: this text exchange is the shortest advent drabble, in face the shortest drabble at all that I have ever written! From: Joey All safe. Jk SLOC. Wed sn. From Madge: Whats SLOC? Whats happening wednesday? From Joey: No Wedding. From Madge: Whose wedding cancelled. From Joey: Mine. Soon. Jack SLOC. From Madge: What wedding? Please ring. From Joey: Marrying Jack. Soon. Will ring l8r.

Author:	Lesley [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:28 am ]
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Oh wonderful - can just see Madge getting more and more frustrated at not understanding the messages.

Author:	abbeybufo [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:26 am ]
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gr8

Author:	Advent Drabblers [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:45 pm ]
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The house was silent, except for the ticking of a clock, as everyone was in bed except for Madge Russell, who was waiting for her husband to come home. She was trying to read, and not succeeding very well, as too much had happened that evening for her to concentrate very well. When at last she heard his key in the lock she stood up and went to the door to meet him. “What on earth are you doing up at this hour, Madge,” asked Jem. “You should have been asleep hours ago.” “I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep, my dear,” she replied. “There has been too much happening and I’m dreadfully afraid of the consequences of it all.” Jem led her back into the Salon and settled her into her chair. “Tell me,” he said. “As you know, Jack and Jo took some of the girls up to Jo’s cave today to hide the Peace league document. On their way they met up with Frau Eisen and her son.” “That woman’s a died in the wool Nazi!” exclaimed Jem in alarm. “Yes, and Jack was well aware of that. The pair followed them up the mountain, Heaven knows why! It must have been obvious that they were just out for the day. Anyway, Jo hoped that they would lose them where they have to do a bit of a scramble – where Jo ripped her skirt the day they found the place, if you remember. Unfortunately that woman must have hoisted her son up the rock. He’s only about 10 and she shouldn’t have done it, but what else can you expect of people like that? It was while our crowd were having their picnic that they became aware of Hermann’s presence, and they wondered how they were going to hide the document with him about. It was Jack that suggested playing hide and seek, so after a rest that’s what they did. After a few rounds, Hilary and Robin took off for the cave with the Peace League. They got there with no trouble, and Robin slipped inside. Hilary had more trouble as she’s bigger of course, and that gave Hermann the chance to see where they’d gone. For some reason he’d followed them, when he’d left everyone else alone, and it was Hilary’s sharp ears that heard him stumbling up the passage. Naturally they couldn’t hide anything in the cave once it was known, but instead of just coming out to rejoin the others they decided that they had to escape a different way! Can you think of anything more calculated to rouse suspicions? Anyway, Hilary discovered another exit high in the wall, and they came out further round the mountain. Hilary then insisted, quite rightly, that they came straight back here, and they met up with Gottfried on their way down, who brought them home by car. That left the rest. Jo had guessed where Hilary and Robin had gone, and left them for last. She was searcher by the way. You can imagine what she was like when she couldn’t find them!” “Pretty hysterical I should think!” interjected Jem, with a wry grin. “Very is more accurate I suspect. Everyone went up to the cave, but of course there was no one there by that time. They did find Hermann, pretty scared after stumbling in and out of the cave by himself, and made him come with them. He’s asleep upstairs by the way. When it was obvious that Hilary and Robin had gone, Jack insisted that they come back here. They left the others at school and brought Hermann here. When she heard that Robin was safely tucked up in bed, Jo fainted. That’s when I really got the shock of my life! Jack picked her up and laid her on the settee, though he kept his arms around her. As she was coming round I was about to say something when Jack spoke first. He called her his ‘darling’! then Jo – Jo! – buried her face in his shoulder and called him her ‘solid lump of comfort’! At that point I beat a hasty retreat and left them to come to their senses! Jem, they’re engaged! And Jo said she’d never marry! They don’t want to spoil Juliet’s day, so they won’t say anything till that’s over, but they said that I could tell you. What do you think of all that?” “We’ll just have to wait and see where the expedition is concerned. I’ll warn the Consul to expect something. As for Jo and Jack - I knew how Jack felt, as I suspect did you, but Jo took long enough to realise how she felt! Just what you could expect from Jo!”

Author:	Lesley [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:55 pm ]
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Awww, that's lovely - like how matter-of-fact Jem is about it. Did Madge really not know of Jack's feeling in the matter? Thanks Pat.

Author:	Alison H [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:59 pm ]
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Madge did seem quite surprised about the engagement, even though Jem'd obviously sussed and so had Marie von Eschenau. Loved the text messages too!

Author:	PaulineS [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:53 pm ]
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You are giving madge a set of shocks today ADs!!!! Thanks

Author:	Advent Drabblers [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:50 pm ]
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'Solid Lump of Comfort? Solid Lump of Comfort? Where on Earth did that come from?' Jack Maynard continued to rock Joey to him, murmuring comforting words to her while his mind thought furiously, 'What a ridiculous thing to say - and it brought up some very unpleasant memories - Mr Richardson and his strange lump, the hernia he'd helped remove only the day before. That lump that old Herr Hessel had insisted was cancer but had turned out to be...well...a rather oddly shaped glass bottle. Jack had never realised before that it was an Austrian tradition to do the cleaning whilst naked - and it was very unfortunate that Herr Hessel had slipped while cleaning the shower curtains and fallen backward onto that...' he shook his head, trying to dispell the image. 'Yet she had called him a Solid Lump of Comfort...okay, move away from the lump bit - what about the rest, Solid, that was a good word, reliable, caring, Salt of the Earth, yes he liked that. What about Comfort? Well, my darling, for the rest of my life I will be there to comfort you, you have only to reach out, I will be there, you don't ever have to worry about being alone, I will be there for you - yes, comfort was a good word, one he could feel proud of owning. But lump?' Joey stretched slightly and, without even thinking about it Jack reached down and kissed her. It was rather a surprise for both of them initially and they bumped noses but eventually got it right, 'Lump, well, a nose is a lump really, isn't it?' Jack thought, while inside this kiss with Joey was carrying messages to all parts of his body, 'and there are other parts that could be considered lumps, yet they all work perfectly and...' the kiss overwhelmed his thought processes for a time and when, eventually, the pair broke apart for air, Jack no longer had any doubts, 'Solid Lump of Comfort? If that's what she's called me that's what I am.' He took a breath, "Miss Josephine Bettany, would you do me the honour of becoming my bride?" "Why Dr John Maynard, I thought you'd never ask."

Author:	Sugar [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:06 pm ]
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Fantastic!!

Author:	abbeybufo [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:37 pm ]
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Gives a whole new meaning to 'like it or lump it' doesn't it? Thanks ADs

Author:	Kathy_S [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:59 am ]
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Thank you, ADs. Such a fine scene. I think I'm still back in the dark ages with Madge, though. Does this count as a new foreign language or slang?

Author:	Liz K [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:32 am ]
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abbeybufo wrote: :shock: Gives a whole new meaning to 'like it or lump it' doesn't it? Thanks ADs

Author:	Carolyn P [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:03 am ]
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LOL!!! Love Jack's thought process.

Author:	leahbelle [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:51 pm ]
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Fabulous!

Author:	Jennie [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:16 pm ]
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Wonderful, Lesley. I loved the oddly-shaped bottle.

Author:	Susan [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:34 pm ]
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AWWW!!! Nice and cosy - these certainly are different Advent Drabbles.

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:57 pm ]
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That was fabulous.

Author:	Sarah J [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:21 pm ]
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Wonderful!!

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