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From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: 24 Jan, 10:27

Subject: Biscuits

What’s my favourite biscuit? And it’s a test? I’m quaking in my Antarctic boots. Maybe I should play the rubbish internet card and swerve the question, especially as there are several Americans on board this ship and so I’ve got used to using the term ‘cookies’ instead of biscuit. I’m going to avoid mentioning Jaffa Cakes, as I know from experience they can prove controversial in the biscuit versus cake question. Shortbread is good, I’d give it 8 out of 10, but my 10 out of 10 is a chocolate chip cookie, which has also been dipped in chocolate so there’s an extra layer on the outside. Yep, the more chocolate the better. Did I pass the test?

Cameron

PS: What’s a wynd?

PPS: You’re a braver soul than me going on a ghost tour in the first place. If someone jumped out at me in a graveyard, I think I’d need more than a hot chocolate to recover my equilibrium. I’m asking around the boat to see if anyone has a recording of that Tchaikovsky symphony you mentioned. I definitely need to expand my knowledge of classical music. Are you performing that kind of music at the moment? How long are you going to be based at the same theatre? I’m really looking forward to having decent internet so you can send me a link to some of your performances, hint hint.

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: 24 Jan, 10:42

Subject: Re: Biscuits

Only 8 out of 10 for shortbread? Harsh! But I suppose you’ve got a point re chocolate… I would move on to asking about ice cream, but I wonder if it’s too cold for ice cream in Antarctica?

Amy x

PS: wynd is Scottish for alleyway/narrow street. Edinburgh is packed with them and everyone I know has their own favourites to provide handy shortcuts for getting around the city. Although I have to admit, that ghost tour still plays on my mind when I’m wandering down one after dark…

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: 24 Jan, 10:47

Subject: Re: re: Biscuits

Too cold for ice cream? Sacrilegious. I demand an apology immediately!!! ??

Cameron

PS: thanks for the translation, spot the southerner!

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: 24 Jan, 10:49

Subject Re: re: re: Biscuits

I apologise. I don’t know what I was thinking of. As a true-blooded Scotswoman, I do actually know that there are no conditions which are too cold for ice cream. Just as there’s no such thing as bad weather, only poor clothing choices. Although I think you might be able to dispute that in your current location, which must feel extra chilly to you given your soft southerner status…

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: 24 Jan, 10:53

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