The Girl, the Dog and the Writer by Katrina Nannestad

Author:Katrina Nannestad [Nannestad, Katrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460708149
Goodreads: 35284599
Publisher: ABC Books
Published: 2019-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Melted chocolate in bed and a bed of chocolate to melt in

Freja awoke at ten o’clock the next morning, surrounded by coloured pencils, patty papers, gold foil, small dollops of melted chocolate and the chewed remains of a squashed pink box. All that puzzling over chocolate in the middle of the night had made her hungry and, at four o’clock in the morning, she’d eaten the chocolate cupcakes and all of the chocolate-coated caramel squares they’d bought for Clementine. Well, not all of them. Finnegan had helped out with some of the chewy caramel squares once Freja had licked and sucked the chocolate off. Dogs might not be allowed to eat chocolate, but they seemed rather happy to gobble chewy caramel . . . and gnaw at pink cardboard . . . and lick the melted chocolate from the corner of one’s mouth. Anyway, the fact remained that all the treats were gone and now she had nothing to take to the clinic when they visited Clementine this afternoon. And Clementine needed chocolate — to make her strong and happy and clear of vision and rosy of cheek.

Climbing out of bed, Freja brushed the cake crumbs off the front of her pyjamas and wandered into the sitting room. Finnegan lay on the Persian rug, chewing at his beloved stick and the edge of the rug by turns. There was a note taped to the door, written in Tobias’ large and loopy, ink-splattered letters:

Morning, old chap.

Hope you caught up on some snooze.

Your breakfast is beneath the silver dome on my desk. I’m afraid Finnegan has gobbled all the jam, but there is still plenty of Bircher muesli and holey cheese, and there’s a bread roll hidden in the desk drawer.

I’ve gone for a walk in the forest to identify mushrooms and see how easily I can find Frau Isch. The dear woman has run ahead to hide in a pile of leaf litter, just as Count Ferdinand’s footman will in the next scene in my novel. It’s terribly kind of her to help me with my research, isn’t it?

I will be home by midday — unless Frau Isch is very good at hiding.

Tobby

XXX

PS So sorry, but when I opened the drawer to retrieve my little book on mushrooms, Finnegan spotted the bread roll and gobbled it all up. You will have to settle for muesli and juice this morning.

Giggling, Freja walked to the desk and lifted the silver dome. The Bircher muesli looked wholesome and fresh, but all she could think about was chocolate.

She looked out the window and was surprised to see fog swirling across the balcony. Lucerne was barely visible. The church spires, the pretty rooflines and the tower on the Chapel Bridge stood out, but otherwise, everything was a white and wispy haze. The forest, too, would be thick with fog. Frau Isch might not be found for hours.

‘Hmmm,’ Freja murmured. ‘I could catch the funicular train down the hill, walk to Leckerbissen, buy some more chocolate for Clementine and be home long before Tobby returns.

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