<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">Their Excellencies [Elfsea] said:</div><div style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv1278118546"><div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Al Aeryn and her daughter, our ward Vivian, took care of providing a wonderful royal luncheon for the visiting Royal House of Ansteorra.</span><br><span></span><br><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;">But in truth as with all things many hands make for light work. </span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york',
times, serif; ">I offer them my thanks and a bit of well deserved word fame!</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> </span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I could not have prepared and served lunch without the aid of many including:</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;"> Cassandra de Salesberie and Vivienne nighean al Aeryn </span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;"> - Who laid out </span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">many dishes </span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;
font-size: 12pt; ">and carried them to the table</span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span> M'lady Ciara and </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><span>Lord Gavin the Younger </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> - Who carried many plates </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "> Lord Andrewe Bawldwyn and </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style',
'new york', times, serif; ">Master Caelin on Andrede </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> - Who carried</span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> heavy jars back up hill to the kitchen</span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> Baroness Ayls Durivau and Lady Matilda Merryweather </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> -Who graciously shared their onsite kitchen space and offered advice on the vegetables</span><span class="yiv1278118546Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family:
'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">Finally I wish to express my gratitude to </span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">Lady Elspeth de Stervlen and </span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Countess Elizabeth Seale for advice and support and to </span><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Their Excellencies Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza and Mistress Amalia Zavattini for trusting me to see to the setting of their table.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;
"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; ">In service I remain,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> Lady Ealasaid mac al'Bhaird</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> commonly known as al AERYN</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span></span></div></div></div><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">_______________________________________________</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Elfsea mailing list</span><br><a ymailto="mailto:Elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org" href="mailto:Elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org"
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