Fire When Ready (Manor House Mystery)
“"It's time to hand in your signatures for the petition. Marge Gunther will add the numbers up for us, then I'll take it down to the next council meeting and present it to the councilors." "I got twenty-six names," Marge boasted, waving a sheet of paper at the women sitting around Rita's front room. "I bet not many of you got that much." "Twenty-nine," Nellie Smith called out.
"Thirty-one!" someone else shouted.
Marge looked put out. "All right, show-offs. Who else?" "Sixteen!" "Twenty-three!" "...Nineteen!" "A hundred and four," a meek voice warbled.
A stunned hush filled the living room. Marge's hand slowly descended and she turned to the frightened-looking woman huddled in a corner. "Florrie? Florrie Evans, was that you?" "Yes," Florrie admitted. She shot a wary look at Rita, who treated her to her stoniest stare.
"How many did you say?" Marge demanded.
Everyone stared at Florrie with varying degrees of expectation. Everyone knew that Rita had made signature collecting a competition, though no such words had actually been spoken.MoreLess
"Thirty-one!" someone else shouted.
Marge looked put out. "All right, show-offs. Who else?" "Sixteen!" "Twenty-three!" "...Nineteen!" "A hundred and four," a meek voice warbled.
A stunned hush filled the living room. Marge's hand slowly descended and she turned to the frightened-looking woman huddled in a corner. "Florrie? Florrie Evans, was that you?" "Yes," Florrie admitted. She shot a wary look at Rita, who treated her to her stoniest stare.
"How many did you say?" Marge demanded.
Everyone stared at Florrie with varying degrees of expectation. Everyone knew that Rita had made signature collecting a competition, though no such words had actually been spoken.MoreLess
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