"Mr. Adlard, lovely to see you again." Elsie passed him a small smile. "Thank you. This is Dora, she's really very sweet, we're lucky to have her." Dora had been a stray Elsie had picked up one Hogsmeade weekend... for her birthday. Thinking about it left her breathless, but she tried to push on and take it in stride. In truth they had gotten lucky, she was a very docile, gentle dog and put up with quite a bit from Owen when he was younger.

She hadn't missed his comment about the time of day, but Els had always been an early riser, so this wasn't out of the ordinary for her, though she "Oh, this is nothing new for me. Always up early myself." Normally she would have just stayed in bed and read a book, but today she'd just been far too restless to just sit there. She would have just spiraled downward sitting there by herself. Elsie wasn't so sure her walk had done her much good, but at least she'd found a welcome distraction.

"And who's this?" She smiled at his pup, bending down to offer and hand in greeting.