Tea? En garde!

"there's this elderly couple
who lives near me,
and they're always tending
to their garden," she sighed.
"i wish i knew them."

"well, what if they only looked pleasant?"
her friend asked.
"what if they were really
dart throwing gardeners?"

she thought for a second.

"well, i'd still want to know them,"
she replied.
"i just wouldn't stay for tea."