Later the same day in the kitchen. Imogen is alarmed by Hermione's attire which is a blue top with some flowers embroidered on it, a pair of dark shorts and flip flops.
Imogen: What are you wearing Hermione?
Hermione: It's a top.
Imogen: A top?
Hermione: My grandmother used to call it a blouse. I got it in the sale at Monsoon.
Imogen: Where are we going?
Hermione: The beach.
Imogen: Do you think that top is suitable for the beach.
Hermione: Yes. It's colourful and informal.
Imogen: This is Cornwall, Hermione. We don't dress like that on the beach.
Hermione: I haven't really got anything else.
Imogen: No problem. You can borrow something of mine. I've got just the thing.
A short while later after Hermione has changed.
Imogen: That's much better, isn't it?
Hermione: It's a little bit loose and it comes right down to my ankles.
Imogen: It looks very good on you Hermione. Much better than that top. I think we can afford to lose it don't you?
Hermione: I might keep it for other beaches.
Imogen: That's up to you. But remember we're in Cornwall now, not St Tropez.
Hermione: The location is etched on my mind.
Imogen: We have standards to keep, don't we Hermione?
Hermione: One does, Imogen.
Author's note:
The two characters are of course entirely fictitious. Any resemblance between them and any living person is purely coincidental.
The conversation did however take place, word for word.
Comments
Unnerved
I'm a little unnerved that these hideous people are in Cornwall. If true, then it confirms my belief that we should keep the English out at all costs!
Elizabeth
Cornwall
'To the Lighthouse'
Perhaps you're setting the fiction at the opposite end of the country to where it actually took place?
Keep Cornwall English!
No Elizabeth. This took place in Cornwall (north Cornwall). Imogen has all the makings of the proverbial mother-in-law from hell. Hermione is quite sweet once you get to know her. And please don't keep the English out - I'm planning to go to Cornwall next summer (the closest I've been so far is a week in Devon)..
William
Dynnargh! (Welcome!)
Bring passport
, spend lots of money and remember: Cornwall's Air Ambulance (the UK's first) is funded entirely by voluntary donations...! 
'Fictional' conversations
I love these Hermione/Imogen conversations, William. I keep coming back to see if there's another!
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Hi Elizabeth. You will not be surprised to hear that Hermione made Hugo take her to a nearby hotel for the rest of the holiday so there were no more conversations. However there may be one or two more conversations in the pipeline involving Hermione with members of the British aristocracy.
Thanks for you comments - we obviously share the same surreal sense of humour!
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Unfortunately the hotel did not prove a success with Hugo so he and Hermione have returned to the MacMillan household.