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Congratulations, Ida, they're delightful.

Thank you, your Grace.

(Confidentially)
Tell me, that big fellow at the back, whatever happened there? He's not exactly your classic Beatrix Potter is he?

I wish the others wouldn't pick on him so. He'll turn out alright as he gets older.

Well the others are a triumph, my dear. I only wish I could have produced a brood of my own this year.

I was so sorry to hear about that, your Grace, you must miss him terribly.

He was a fine duck, the Mandarin, but alas he became crispy and aromatic before his time. Still, life goes on.