Devil in Disguise
“Just three weeks after they had buried Heathcliff (in the middle of the lawn, she had insisted), Molly was given a trial for a job singing at a restaurant opposite the stage door of the Derngate called the Snappy Italian.
Roger had told Lilia of the vacancy after the resident entertainer, Betty Swollocks, had eloped with a Lost Boy from Peter Pan. He came round to tea one day to tell them the news. ‘An odder couple you will never see than Betty and that pimply youth,’ he said. ‘Well, good ridda...nce, that’s what I say.
If she thinks a nineteen-year-old pouf from Southampton is going to stay with her for more than a fortnight, she’s got another think coming. Anyway, Luigi needs somebody for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. I told him he should go upmarket. The bingo night wasn’t to everyone’s taste. I told him about you and he’d like to give you a trial. Am I the Angel Gabriel or not?’ Roger laughed, pleased to be the bringer of such happy tidings.
Lilia gasped with excitement and clasped her face.MoreLess
Roger had told Lilia of the vacancy after the resident entertainer, Betty Swollocks, had eloped with a Lost Boy from Peter Pan. He came round to tea one day to tell them the news. ‘An odder couple you will never see than Betty and that pimply youth,’ he said. ‘Well, good ridda...nce, that’s what I say.
If she thinks a nineteen-year-old pouf from Southampton is going to stay with her for more than a fortnight, she’s got another think coming. Anyway, Luigi needs somebody for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. I told him he should go upmarket. The bingo night wasn’t to everyone’s taste. I told him about you and he’d like to give you a trial. Am I the Angel Gabriel or not?’ Roger laughed, pleased to be the bringer of such happy tidings.
Lilia gasped with excitement and clasped her face.MoreLess
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