The Secret of Platform 13
“It was an enormous bath shaped like a sea shell. All round the edge of the tub were little cut-glass dishes to hold different kinds of soap and a gold-plated rack stretched across the water so that she could rest her box of chocolates on it, and her body lotions, and the sloppy love story she was reading. On the shelf above her head was a jar of pink bath crystals which smelled of roses, and a jar of green crystals which smelled of fern, and a jar of yellow crystals which smelled of lemon verbe...na, but the crystals she had put into the water were purple and smelled of violets. Mrs Trottle’s face was covered in a gunge of squashed strawberries which was supposed to make her look young again; three heated bath towels waited on the rail.
‘Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ray!’ sang Mrs Trottle, lathering her round, pink stomach.
She felt very pleased with herself for she had foiled the kidnappers who were after her darling Raymond. She had outwitted the gang; they would never find her babykins now. They would expect her to go to Scotland or to France, but she had been too clever for them.MoreLess
‘Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ray!’ sang Mrs Trottle, lathering her round, pink stomach.
She felt very pleased with herself for she had foiled the kidnappers who were after her darling Raymond. She had outwitted the gang; they would never find her babykins now. They would expect her to go to Scotland or to France, but she had been too clever for them.MoreLess
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