Calamity Town
“Nora’s eyes were swollen. ‘Thanks for—yesterday. Putting Jim to bed while I was being so silly—’ ‘Rubbish,’ said Ellery cheerfully. ‘There hasn’t been a bride since Eve who didn’t think the world was going under when hubby staggered home under his first load. Where’s the erring husband?’ ‘Upstairs shaving.’ Nora’s hand trembled as she fussed with the gleaming toaster on the breakfast table.
‘May I go up? I shouldn’t want to embarrass your sister-in-law by prowling around the bedroom floor at this hour—’ ‘Oh, Rosemary doesn’t get up till ten,’ said Nora. ‘These wonderful November mornings! Please do—and tell Jim what you think of him!’ Ellery laughed and went upstairs. He knocked on the masterbedroom door, which was half-open, and Jim called from the bathroom: ‘Nora? Gosh, darling, I knew you’d be my sweet baby and forgive—’ His voice blurred when he spied Ellery. Jim’s face was half shaved; the shaved half was pasty, and his eyes puffed.
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