Masher?
Here is the next post of Act II of Jayne Barnard's "The Evil Eye of Africa."
The first post is here.
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Keep your sightglass full, your firebox trimmed and your water iced.
KJ
"The Evil Eye of Africa"
By Jayne Barnard
A Guess-the-Murderer Mystery in Two Acts
By Jayne Barnard
A Guess-the-Murderer Mystery in Two Acts
Act II: Hercule Hornblower Investigates
August 21, 1898
Already a surprise of the most immense: Colonel Mustard is here.
Not abroad ‘for his health,’ as his family would doubtless prefer.
Not dead by his own hand, as the regiment he lately disgraced would prefer.
Not in London paying off his debts, as his landlady and others would prefer, although his natty attire suggests he is not particularly penurious, neither down at heels nor fraying about the cuffs.
He claims to be the trustee of the von Boddy estate, and in that guise has been paying the housekeeper and feeding himself with the limited funds available from the estate.
Would a military man of valorous record use the funds of his deceased friend to furnish his own fine feathers? Of course, he did cheat at cards.
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