Fingal O'reilly, Irish Doctor
“He watched the play of late October sunlight on the cut-glass chandelier above the table—blue, indigo, and violet—as a beam was refracted through a facet. Illuminated dust motes danced a saraband on convection currents above the sideboard where a warming plate sat under a chafing dish. On it, two shrivelled devilled kidneys remained, the sole survivors of the massacre, largely at his hands, of the original servings. He burped contentedly.
Kitty had left for work, Jenny was in the surgery, a...nd he, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, was temporarily a gentleman of leisure. Not a single solitary sufferer had sought the solace of a home visit.
He spread Frank Cooper’s Oxford Marmalade on buttered toast. The stuff had been a favourite of his for years. After several chilly negotiating sessions in 1947, Kinky had given in. Apart from the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce necessary to the devilled kidneys recipe, Cooper’s marmalade was the only bought preserve permitted at Number One Main Street and even then she only served it when she was feeling expansive.MoreLess
Kitty had left for work, Jenny was in the surgery, a...nd he, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, was temporarily a gentleman of leisure. Not a single solitary sufferer had sought the solace of a home visit.
He spread Frank Cooper’s Oxford Marmalade on buttered toast. The stuff had been a favourite of his for years. After several chilly negotiating sessions in 1947, Kinky had given in. Apart from the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce necessary to the devilled kidneys recipe, Cooper’s marmalade was the only bought preserve permitted at Number One Main Street and even then she only served it when she was feeling expansive.MoreLess
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