Damsel in Distress (2011)
“said Daisy, as the butler followed her cousins from the room, “what happened last night? I take it Tommy told you, Madge?”
“The birds had flown. They went upstairs and saw the hole in the roof, which I gather you made? Tommy was frightfully impressed.”
“A fat lot of good it did in the end. We’re back where we started, with no idea where Gloria is.”
“Oh no, darling,” said Lucy, “your disappearance persuaded Mr. Arbuckle to confide in your pet copper, and we have a suspect.”
Madge nodded. “Philli...p told Tommy Mr. Fletcher suspects Mr. Arbuckle’s chauffeur.”
“Chauffeur?” Daisy asked eagerly. “You mean Crawford, his engineer? I thought there was something fishy about him, but I’ve never met him. I have no sense of his character.”
“Phillip doesn’t like him, I gather,” Lucy informed her.
“Phillip’s no judge of character. But he takes people at face value, and tends to like them, all things being equal, so if he dislikes Crawford there must be a reason.MoreLess
“The birds had flown. They went upstairs and saw the hole in the roof, which I gather you made? Tommy was frightfully impressed.”
“A fat lot of good it did in the end. We’re back where we started, with no idea where Gloria is.”
“Oh no, darling,” said Lucy, “your disappearance persuaded Mr. Arbuckle to confide in your pet copper, and we have a suspect.”
Madge nodded. “Philli...p told Tommy Mr. Fletcher suspects Mr. Arbuckle’s chauffeur.”
“Chauffeur?” Daisy asked eagerly. “You mean Crawford, his engineer? I thought there was something fishy about him, but I’ve never met him. I have no sense of his character.”
“Phillip doesn’t like him, I gather,” Lucy informed her.
“Phillip’s no judge of character. But he takes people at face value, and tends to like them, all things being equal, so if he dislikes Crawford there must be a reason.MoreLess
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