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It has come to light that Miss Velma von Dazzle is currently engaged in what has been described as “an ambitious refinement process” concerning a personal scone recipe.

Residents nearby have reported early-morning sounds involving flour, cutlery, and what one observer termed “remarkably purposeful whisking.”

Miss von Dazzle is understood to be pursuing mastery of the elusive “scone sway” — a technique believed to encourage a delicate rise, golden crust, and what she has referred to as “a proper theatrical crumb.”

A number of test batches have since been observed disappearing at considerable speed alongside clotted cream and jam. One tray was reportedly described as “promising, but emotionally underbaked.”

The local tea room has declined to comment.