The Riddle of Sphinx Island
“16 ENTER A MURDERER?
It was five minutes to nine and dinner was over.
Sybil de Coverley led the way to the drawing room where Maisie and Ella served the coffee. Sybil said that although she was awfully fond of the game, she wasn’t going to pester anybody into forming a four for bridge. She believed in having things ad hoc, in leaving people to their own devices. There were jigsaw puzzles and books and papers and magazines and Scrabble and crosswords and, of course, Cluedo. The box didn’t seem t...o be working for some reason, but then she’d never found television had much to offer in terms of entertainment these days, so terribly vulgar, strictly for the delectation of the half-witted. Thank God there were more than enough drinks – brandy and scotch and several kinds of liqueurs, some rather unusual ones.
‘Do help yourselves,’ she urged them.
Picking up a small silver hand-bell she gave a prolonged tinkle. ‘Sorry. I keep forgetting we haven’t got maids or a butler. This place is getting harder to manage by the minute.MoreLess
It was five minutes to nine and dinner was over.
Sybil de Coverley led the way to the drawing room where Maisie and Ella served the coffee. Sybil said that although she was awfully fond of the game, she wasn’t going to pester anybody into forming a four for bridge. She believed in having things ad hoc, in leaving people to their own devices. There were jigsaw puzzles and books and papers and magazines and Scrabble and crosswords and, of course, Cluedo. The box didn’t seem t...o be working for some reason, but then she’d never found television had much to offer in terms of entertainment these days, so terribly vulgar, strictly for the delectation of the half-witted. Thank God there were more than enough drinks – brandy and scotch and several kinds of liqueurs, some rather unusual ones.
‘Do help yourselves,’ she urged them.
Picking up a small silver hand-bell she gave a prolonged tinkle. ‘Sorry. I keep forgetting we haven’t got maids or a butler. This place is getting harder to manage by the minute.MoreLess
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