A happy Patrick Galbraith celebrates his engagement by tempting fate in inspiringly cavalier fashion.
I had every intention of asking while we were standing beneath that blackthorn bush on the edge of the pond, but before I summoned up the courage, a pair of teal appeared over the top of the willows. Constance lifted her gun, fired and the higher of the two tumbled into the water.
It was far from a perfect evening for flighting duck. The moon was too big, there was…
