Maxwell's Mask (2012)
“‘How do you think it’s going?’ The girl gave a brittle, slightly bitter laugh. ‘You tell me, Mr Maxwell. I suspect you’ve done more of this than I have.’ ‘Ah, but never at OUDS,’ he chuckled.
‘Footlights, surely?’ Deena always gave as good as she got.
‘I may have given a rendition or two. I was the retired colonel in Agatha Christie’s A Decimalisation of Vertically Challenged People of Ethnic Persuasion when it was still called Ten Little Niggers.’ ‘And that’s not all,’ she said. ‘I bum...ped into Sylvia Matthews the other day.’ ‘Really?’ ‘She told me your Cyrano was to die for.’ ‘Ah,’ he laughed. ‘Had to be mine, really. I was the only one who had an artificial nose. Along with the leg, of course. You don’t think…you don’t think you’re pushing the kiddywinkies a bit hard?’ ‘Ah.’ Her smile froze. ‘There’ve been complaints.’ Always quick on the uptake was Deena.
‘Not complaints, exactly,’ he told her.MoreLess
‘Footlights, surely?’ Deena always gave as good as she got.
‘I may have given a rendition or two. I was the retired colonel in Agatha Christie’s A Decimalisation of Vertically Challenged People of Ethnic Persuasion when it was still called Ten Little Niggers.’ ‘And that’s not all,’ she said. ‘I bum...ped into Sylvia Matthews the other day.’ ‘Really?’ ‘She told me your Cyrano was to die for.’ ‘Ah,’ he laughed. ‘Had to be mine, really. I was the only one who had an artificial nose. Along with the leg, of course. You don’t think…you don’t think you’re pushing the kiddywinkies a bit hard?’ ‘Ah.’ Her smile froze. ‘There’ve been complaints.’ Always quick on the uptake was Deena.
‘Not complaints, exactly,’ he told her.MoreLess
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