I can only urge you, dear parishioners, to pay no heed whatsover to those infernal whisperings which are presently spreading faster than summer wildfire concerning the state of relations bewteen myself and Mrs Honeypot, the farmer's wife, because not one single word of it is true.Not one single word, damn you!
Those steeped in matters of law will tell you that the case is purely circumstantial and that just because we were supposedly discovered together enjoying the afternoon sunshine in the Fondleberry Farm cornfield with what some might deem a slight lack of attire, there is no reason whatsover to suppose that anything unseemly or untoward was going on.
The farmer's wife is a fine and bounteous woman, blessed with an earthy ripeness and sweet tenderness fully befitting her position and neither I nor Farmer Honeypot himself will have a word uttered against her.
The honourable old gentleman in question being an open and liberal soul who has always been willing to share his own good fortune with others, myself included. In times of plenty when there is ample to go around, why should a trusted family friend such as I falsely deny my own peckishness and fail to partake of a nibble or two if it is kindly offered in the spirit of true companionship and generosity?
What transpired that fine day, not that I'm admitting anything actually did, is no subject for idle village gossip and as it took part on private land, if indeed it occurred at all, should therefore remain a private matter.






