Mrs. God
“God six “Got it wrong again,” said Robert Wall. It was half an hour later. Carrying two pencils, a legal pad, and his copy of Crack, Whack, and Wheel, Standish closed the door from the servants’ corridor and came near the table. Two places had been set. Golden domes with handles covered the plates. “You are indeed a fellow who prefers the less-traveled road, Mr. Standish.”
“I guess I am,” Standish said.
“As your tastes in literature would indicate. Let us see what is beneath these covers, shall... we?”
They raised the golden domes. On Standish’s plate lay an entire dried-out fish with bulging eyes.
“Ah, kippers,” Wall said. “You’re a lucky fellow, Mr. Standish. We’re a bit shorthanded here just now, in fact I’m off to Sleaford in an hour or so to interview some prospective help, and you can never be sure what they’ll serve up at breakfast. Last week I had porridge four days running.”
Standish waited until Wall had separated a section of brown flesh from the kipper’s side, exposing a row of neat tiny bones like the bars of a marimba, and inserted it in his mouth.MoreLess
“I guess I am,” Standish said.
“As your tastes in literature would indicate. Let us see what is beneath these covers, shall... we?”
They raised the golden domes. On Standish’s plate lay an entire dried-out fish with bulging eyes.
“Ah, kippers,” Wall said. “You’re a lucky fellow, Mr. Standish. We’re a bit shorthanded here just now, in fact I’m off to Sleaford in an hour or so to interview some prospective help, and you can never be sure what they’ll serve up at breakfast. Last week I had porridge four days running.”
Standish waited until Wall had separated a section of brown flesh from the kipper’s side, exposing a row of neat tiny bones like the bars of a marimba, and inserted it in his mouth.MoreLess
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