"We're supposed to be modelling the proper behaviour of young ladies." Which manages to come out as simply rote of her mother without a huge amount of sarcasm. "She's not quite pleased about the fabric paint she found."

But, well. 'She' wasn't going to ruin their fun. Nor was the apparently non-existent young man who might in theory have brought Leigh here as a date. Eileen wasn't remotely going to wait for him to appear.

"D'you think we're too old for the jumping?"