Loved your character Prudie, what would the Poldarks have done without her. She liked to shirk work, and tipple a bit, but she was SO loyal to them. I am not complete without my critters either. To be without them would be a sad life indeed. God bless you both.I remember thinking, when Demelza would hold the horse for Ross to mount, how she'd take it by both reins, close to the bit, but gently. I knew then, if not before, that Eleanor was a horsewoman.