Jack Vettriano Painting
Mrs. Bunting was at once disturbed and relieved to see her husband's old acquaintance, Mr. Hopkins, in charge of the turnstile admitting the public to the Chamber of Horrors.
"Well, you are a stranger," the man observed genially. "I do believe that this is the very first time I've seen you in here, Mrs. Bunting, since you was married!"
Jack Vettriano Painting
"Yes," she said, "that is so. And this is my husband's daughter, Daisy; I expect you've heard of her, Mr. Hopkins. And this" - she hesitated a moment - "is our lodger, Mr. Sleuth."
But Mr. Sleuth frowned and shuffled away. Daisy, leaving her stepmother's side, joined him.
Two, as all the world knows, is company, three is none. Mrs. Bunting put down three sixpences.
Jack Vettriano Painting
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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