"Yes, Headmistress" (part 4)

(Previous posts from this series):

part 1 part 2 part 3

Part 4

Holding hands, we talked about this and about many other things that night. I had rushed to get ready, but now realized that someone very sweet was scared about measuring up. Miss Lunn was, after all, her Headmistress. And a rather formidable one, too. I wanted to measure up with my American hospitality and perfected tea table. She wanted to measure up in another way. When you were young, did your mother ever blithely invite the school principal and your teachers over for cinnamon rolls on Boxing Day? I would guess, probably not.

And there was another flaw in my planning. 

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But I did not discover this flaw until it was almost too late. I reached into the cupboard for ingredients. My sister assumed I had the ingredients because she thought (understandably) that no one would venture into an entertainment without them. She was mistaken. Oh, poor us!

What was I out of? I was woefully out of BROWN SUGAR. One cannot have proper cinnamon rolls without BROWN SUGAR. It would be a disaster, and we couldn't call everyone to cancel. That would be worse than the missing brown sugar! Nope - there was nothing for it but to forge ahead.

My sister quickly said, "Would any stores be open on Boxing Day?"

I knew the answer to this was a resounding NOOOOOOO. No British place of business would be open on Boxing Day. She said, "We have to try - call around." And I did.

4th or 5th on the list of possibilities (all no's so far) happened to be a petrol station that had a mini mart. We called. They were open. They HAD BROWN SUGAR!! And miracles...

Quickly we mixed the dough, cut the rolls, raised them, baked them, and the door bell rang! That's right, just in time. We three walked bravely to the front door; still nervous, still excited, and still a little bit out of our element. But together? we could do this.

The door was opened. It was Miss Lunn.

"Well, hello Miss Lunn! How very nice to see you.."


See you along the way!
the SconeLady

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