"Mint it is then," Nell said, adding several drops of her mint extract to the bowl and mixing it up well before beginning to frost. "I never paid particularly close attention before. Never had reason to. Sometimes a weekend, sometimes a week or more?"

The brownies were frosted in no time and Nell had them cut and nicely displayed on a plate on the table. "Help yourself," she said, sliding one into a plate for herself before dishing out some ice cream. "They smell wonderful if I do say so myself."