Trudge, Drudge, and Traviata

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That would be my weekend's writing, housework, and viewing.  One out of three ain't bad, and the second don't look so tiresome once it's finished, at that.  The other will have to await the redraft for its refreshing pine-scented polish.

Killer-Kate and Luke Lackland: 1,000 words.  The Young Duke, who is much more of a reader than his parents, still needs a governess to patiently spell out the word T-R-A-P when it's written in giant letters of smouldering bone charcoal in front of him.