Mai had stepped through the door from her office and was pointing towards me and beckoning, I shook my head indicating that she was to deal with whatever it was that needed dealing with, then ignoring the perplexed look on her oriental features, I turned from the judge and walked away, knowing exactly where I was going and what I would find there.
The nettle patch had enlarged and thrived since my last visit, I pulled on the gloves not wanting to get stung myself (that was for slaves). Selecting a nice large leafy head, I cut it low to its base and then trimmed off a certain amount of unnecessary leaves, until I held a ball of nettles attached to a long stem. Then carefully I trimmed the stem down to six inches or so. ‘Perfect’ I said to myself as I cut one more stem and trimmed that so t
