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The days go by like a slow, flowin’ river. Lazily. Quietly, wi’ hardly any ripples to disturb it. I watch Elspeth as she goes about her day… she’s quite a character. Even though she is grown up, part of her younger self presents itself. I think that is what I love about her. Makes her different.
The other day she was in the kitchen cleanin’ up and makin’ things as spotless as can be. She’s like her mother in many ways. Always cleanin’, not a speck of dirt anywhere. She was meticulous. Elspeth is the same way. I’m not one to clean up. I have my faults, and she lets me know it too. I dinna mind, at least she is happy. The only concern I have right now is Ogilhinn. He still is followin’ me. I dinna think he’d follow me here, but… the verra thought of him makes my blood boil and I canna r
