When two cows ignore each other is it a beef?

Modesty had done a round of the stalls, greeting each of those who had set up to sell their wares, even stopping to buy an item or two in passing. Happy everyone was set up comfortably, she made her way back to the food vendors by the fire, taking a tea from Sakana's stall and some seasoned goat from another. Everything was going reasonably well, or so she thought, but she wouldn't quite allow herself to relax until the sun was rising on the eastern horizon.

Reclining at the edge of the pool of light thrown by the bonfire, she looked over the attendees milling about. It had been a better turn out than she had expected.

"speech"