Antiques Bizarre (2010)
“Mary’s Church until the last of the sick had been transported to area hospitals.
Before you attribute caring compassion to Mother’s various traits, keep in mind that the diva also wanted to find out as much as she could from the authorities about what had caused the sudden illness of over one-hundred-plus people, with the only fatality an ironic, especially tragic one—Madam Petrova herself, whose Christian spirit of generosity had been rewarded most bitterly.
Then there was also the matter of t...he unfortunate Louis Martinette, the winning bidder of the Fabergé egg….
According to what Mother had overhead at the scene from the coroner, Martinette’s body was (she vividly put it) “a sack of broken bones,” indicating the man had fallen down the high spiral staircase—which he had apparently, trying to exit the scene of mass sickness, climbed after finding the back door locked.
So the question seemed obvious: was the fall an accident, or had he been pushed?
At various times I have referred to Mother’s tendency to view herself as a great detective.MoreLess
Before you attribute caring compassion to Mother’s various traits, keep in mind that the diva also wanted to find out as much as she could from the authorities about what had caused the sudden illness of over one-hundred-plus people, with the only fatality an ironic, especially tragic one—Madam Petrova herself, whose Christian spirit of generosity had been rewarded most bitterly.
Then there was also the matter of t...he unfortunate Louis Martinette, the winning bidder of the Fabergé egg….
According to what Mother had overhead at the scene from the coroner, Martinette’s body was (she vividly put it) “a sack of broken bones,” indicating the man had fallen down the high spiral staircase—which he had apparently, trying to exit the scene of mass sickness, climbed after finding the back door locked.
So the question seemed obvious: was the fall an accident, or had he been pushed?
At various times I have referred to Mother’s tendency to view herself as a great detective.MoreLess
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