Isle of Dogs
““Where do I park?” Andy inquired, because the circular cobblestone drive was crammed with the governor’s fleet of black Suburbans and limousines.
“Just pull it off on the grass,” the officer replied.
“I can’t do that,” Andy protested as he gazed out at the recently manicured lawn and sculpted hedges.
“No problem,” the officer assured him. “The inmates will clean it up tomorrow. It’s good for them to keep busy.”
Pony was watching all this through centuries-old glass. The butler w...as not in a good mood. In the past hour, the mansion’s kitchen help had snapped at him repeatedly because the Crimm daughters—Regina, mostly—had protested the notion of a light supper, which typically meant trout or blue crabs freshly flown in from Tangier Island. Regina had a nasty habit of stalking the kitchen and peering under pot lids, and when she discovered a trout and several dozen blue crabs in the agonal stages of death in the sink, she pitched a fit.MoreLess
“Just pull it off on the grass,” the officer replied.
“I can’t do that,” Andy protested as he gazed out at the recently manicured lawn and sculpted hedges.
“No problem,” the officer assured him. “The inmates will clean it up tomorrow. It’s good for them to keep busy.”
Pony was watching all this through centuries-old glass. The butler w...as not in a good mood. In the past hour, the mansion’s kitchen help had snapped at him repeatedly because the Crimm daughters—Regina, mostly—had protested the notion of a light supper, which typically meant trout or blue crabs freshly flown in from Tangier Island. Regina had a nasty habit of stalking the kitchen and peering under pot lids, and when she discovered a trout and several dozen blue crabs in the agonal stages of death in the sink, she pitched a fit.MoreLess
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