Private Message to Jack Sloper and Ken Towler

Sloper, I've just sent off the latest samples, along with more extensive notes. See if you can send me the next batch by the end of the week. We're going to need more citrus and cloves, and I think it needs some cherry too.

And tell me you didn't order those potatoes you had listed on inventory yet. When I said that vodkas were an eventual extension of the line, I didn't mean you ought to start working on them right away. It'll be wine and beer to start, and for Merlin's sake, we haven't finished sorting the wine out, which needs to happen yesterday. And once we do have it sorted, we'll need grapes. Last I checked, that's what wine was made of.

Towler, if Sloper did indeed get over-excited about the prospect of making vodka, I suppose the help will get used to eating potatoes.

There certainly is enough to go round.

Have you had the renovation plans approved yet? Let me know once you do.