The Ghastly Gerty Swindle With the Ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane (2014)
“cried James. “Who are you, I say? What? Where did you come from? And is that beast on your shoulder really necessary?”
The Presence whom James was now addressing on the upper gallery of the antique shop didn’t seem in the least put out by the display of aristocratic fury in front of him. Indeed, he chuckled deeply as he stroked the underside of his monkey’s chin.
“This here’s no beast, your lordship,” he said. “This be Admiral Foo-Foo, our ship’s monkey. Sure, many a tot of rum the admiral and ...I had from the same pint pot. It’s Irish I am! Captain Henry John Blackskull. And may I say,” he added with a sly glance at Cordelia, “that it’s a whale of a pleasure to be addressing a woman of quality. I’m thinking it’s a great pity, my lady, that we never met while we had flesh.”
Cordelia didn’t think it was a pity at all, but she supposed that he meant well. Evidently this curious ex-human being lived in the old ship’s cannon she had seen earlier. He looked quite handsome in a three-cornered hat and a long frockcoat, but the pistol and the sword tucked into the leather band around his waist made one wary of him.MoreLess
The Presence whom James was now addressing on the upper gallery of the antique shop didn’t seem in the least put out by the display of aristocratic fury in front of him. Indeed, he chuckled deeply as he stroked the underside of his monkey’s chin.
“This here’s no beast, your lordship,” he said. “This be Admiral Foo-Foo, our ship’s monkey. Sure, many a tot of rum the admiral and ...I had from the same pint pot. It’s Irish I am! Captain Henry John Blackskull. And may I say,” he added with a sly glance at Cordelia, “that it’s a whale of a pleasure to be addressing a woman of quality. I’m thinking it’s a great pity, my lady, that we never met while we had flesh.”
Cordelia didn’t think it was a pity at all, but she supposed that he meant well. Evidently this curious ex-human being lived in the old ship’s cannon she had seen earlier. He looked quite handsome in a three-cornered hat and a long frockcoat, but the pistol and the sword tucked into the leather band around his waist made one wary of him.MoreLess
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