Dandy Gilver And the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains

Authors: Catriona Mcpherson

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“It was eight o’clock and, tea trays delivered to Lollie and her aunt, bedroom fires lit, morning room and breakfast room swept and ready, we were gathered around the long table in the servants’ hall for bacon, eggs and ebony tea. Mrs Hepburn was grumbling and apologising in equal measures for the state of the food, which had come from ‘thon useless contraption’ now that the range was cold, but it all tasted the same as ever to me.
‘I am indeed, Phyllis,’ I replied. ‘Mistress has Mrs Lambert-Les...lie to attend to her and she’s sending me on an errand.’ ‘Aye, but in the wee car though,’ said Phyllis. ‘All right for some.’ ‘You’d better not be blacklegging,’ said Harry.
‘And what would Miss Rossiter and mistress be blacklegging?’ said Mr Faulds. ‘You’re tilting at windmills, Harry boy, with this strike. You’re getting a . . . thingumijig . . . over it.’ ‘Monomania,’ I supplied.
‘That’s the one,’ said Mr Faulds. ‘You’ve a proper head for knowing, Fanny.’ ‘But here’s another thing,’ said John.MoreLess Read More Read Less