Hortensia was much relieved as she tucked a daisy into the buttonhole of Archibold's jacket. Now that Spring was here, it made finding an appropriate flower so much easier. She liked to tuck a flower into his lapel - a sort of way of saying that her love was with him whilst he was out and about on his business.
All gnomes are passionate about flowers, and Archibold was particularly partial to the happy cheerfulness of daisies. Hortensia also felt it was an effective antidote to any possible grumpiness, you see when grumpy, Archibold had a habit of staying grumpy - for rather a while.
Usually it was because of something quite serious, like the time when he had walked into a field to gather some mushrooms and had become stuck in the mud. He had been away so long that Hortensia had become frightened and had called for a search party, Horatio and Lupin had finally found him exhausted and freezing - Archibold had been fiercely grumpy for at least a month, what with a terrible cold, having to endure large amounts of Aunt Mildred's chest balsam and the fact his favourite boots were ruined. So you can see how Hotensia came to value daises - as an especially lucky charm to keep Archibold safe and happy.
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