Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure (2015)
“‘Aristide!’ Mrs. Cosgrove reached out to help him over the sill. ‘Are you all right? You’ve been so long I was beginning to think the worst. How did it all go?’ She felt cold to the touch and he realised she’d probably been waiting by the open window ever since they left. He gave her a quick hug as she drew the curtains. ‘I shall know for certain when we have processed the film.’ ‘But what happened?’ They both blinked as she turned on the light. ‘You look as if you’ve been pulled through a hedg...e backwards.’ He glanced at his reflection in the mirror. It was an apposite description. All it needed was the word ‘tree’ to be substituted for ‘hedge’ to be true.
‘Pommes Frites had an unfortunate accident. Through no fault of his own he became airborne and it was nearly the last we saw of each other. Fortunately I was still holding the control box, so I managed to pull him back safely with the cable. It was, so to speak, his umbilical cord.MoreLess
‘Pommes Frites had an unfortunate accident. Through no fault of his own he became airborne and it was nearly the last we saw of each other. Fortunately I was still holding the control box, so I managed to pull him back safely with the cable. It was, so to speak, his umbilical cord.MoreLess
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