The Grub-And-Stakers Quilt a Bee
““See, Perry had what you might call a fixation, or maybe a neurosis or even a phobia. I don’t think phobia would be too strong a term, though in most respects Perry was sound as a bell. The only other sign of mental aberration he ever showed was when he let himself get hooked and netted by Evangeline Sawn.”
“That’s the present Mrs. Fairfield,” Dittany explained to Osbert.
“I don’t know if I happened to mention her first name’s Evangeline. You know, the one who bore to the reapers at noontide fl...agons of home-brewed ale.”
“L’enfer she did, if you’ll pardon my French,” said Churtle.
“Evangeline never bore anybody anything except a grudge, only when she bore down on poor old Perry. Which she did, day and night, night and day from the minute he said ‘I do’ when he ought to of said ‘I don’t.’ The poor cuss couldn’t call his soul his own without her saying it wasn’t.”
“Yes,” said Dittany rather nastily because she’d just got bitten by a mosquito the size of a hummingbird, “she told me how she used to get at him about lending you any more money.”MoreLess
“That’s the present Mrs. Fairfield,” Dittany explained to Osbert.
“I don’t know if I happened to mention her first name’s Evangeline. You know, the one who bore to the reapers at noontide fl...agons of home-brewed ale.”
“L’enfer she did, if you’ll pardon my French,” said Churtle.
“Evangeline never bore anybody anything except a grudge, only when she bore down on poor old Perry. Which she did, day and night, night and day from the minute he said ‘I do’ when he ought to of said ‘I don’t.’ The poor cuss couldn’t call his soul his own without her saying it wasn’t.”
“Yes,” said Dittany rather nastily because she’d just got bitten by a mosquito the size of a hummingbird, “she told me how she used to get at him about lending you any more money.”MoreLess
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