The Droitwich Deceivers (2013)
“The door opened and the maid entered the room.‘Please ma’am, there’s a rather strange looking man who insists on seeing you.’‘Did he give you his name?’‘Says his name is Shorter.’‘Clement Shorter at your service again, my dear Mrs Ravenscroft,’ said the newspaperman brushing past the maid and striding up to Lucy and shaking her hand vigorously. ‘So pleased to make your acquaintance again, my good lady.’‘My dear Mr Shorter, how pleasant to see you again,’ replied Lucy somewhat taken aback by the... new arrival’s dramatic entrance. ‘Do take a seat. Perhaps you would care to take some refreshment?’‘No time for refreshments, or even a seat ma’am. I have it here!’ exclaimed Shorter brandishing a piece of paper, which he had just removed from his coat pocket.‘You have found the address?’‘Indeed, my dear Mrs Ravenscroft. That which was lost has been found. The errant lamb has returned to the fold!’ ‘Oh well done,’ said an enthusiastic Lucy.‘After your visit, I felt compelled to launch an expedition to find the rogue paper, and after an hour or two of searching through the jungle of accumulated articles and discarded ephemera, there it was, inside my copy of The Post Office Directory.MoreLess
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