The Willows in Winter
“It is all too rare that so unscrupulous and habitual a confidence trickster and common criminal is arrested in the midst of the Society Wedding of the Year.
The photographer was able to retire immediately upon the proceeds earned from the photographs he had taken of Toad the Terrible, cavorting between the innocent bride and groom, and showing off his right profile. The photographer’s assistant needed to be assistant no more, for his career as Photographer to Nobility was established at a strok...e.
The arresting officers were immediately commended for their courage and bravery in confronting so desperate a criminal, and promoted Deputy Commissioners to a man. The footmen all found employment as butlers in establishments as widely spread as China, Italy and the United States of America.
The Bishops could not be promoted much higher than they were — though one discovered his ambitions for a different see as a result of the events of that day —but if there were spare cathedrals going they were theirs, and all sorts of ecclesiastical commissions and sinecures came their way.MoreLess
The photographer was able to retire immediately upon the proceeds earned from the photographs he had taken of Toad the Terrible, cavorting between the innocent bride and groom, and showing off his right profile. The photographer’s assistant needed to be assistant no more, for his career as Photographer to Nobility was established at a strok...e.
The arresting officers were immediately commended for their courage and bravery in confronting so desperate a criminal, and promoted Deputy Commissioners to a man. The footmen all found employment as butlers in establishments as widely spread as China, Italy and the United States of America.
The Bishops could not be promoted much higher than they were — though one discovered his ambitions for a different see as a result of the events of that day —but if there were spare cathedrals going they were theirs, and all sorts of ecclesiastical commissions and sinecures came their way.MoreLess
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