We were preparing the guest room, and Tilde knows what that means. The anticipation of guests arriving thrilled her. Or was it skepticism, as she wasn't involved in the invitation?
You could be actually reading this because you have just run into a beautiful dog, that looked a lot like a retriever.
Maybe
you had a talk with the owner, who explained it was not a retriever,
but a ... what was it she said ... a Hova...What? ... ah yes, a
Hova...Wart.