After keeping her under surveillance for several days, Mr Lombard confronted Mrs Spenlow yesterday about the missing scones at the Tea Room.
"I know you put them under your skirt and pretend that nothing has happened", Mr Lombard argued, when Mrs Spenlow insisted she would never do such a thing.
Even Mr Spenlow believe his wife has a problem, and has asked Mrs Bantry to ask Miss Marple to look into the matter. As soon as we have clarified the facts, Mr Spenlow says, necessary measures will be initiated.
Mr Giles is not a fungus
Mr Giles is not a fungus, but the treatment he initiated for his garden have probably made him very ill, with dizziness and breathing problems.
He is not able to work normally and spends most of his time these days at the front porch. According to Dr Haydock the cause of the illness is most likely the chemicals, but it might also be the fungus itself attacking Mr. Giles' lungs.
A third theory is that the useless umbrella Mr Giles have, haven't protected him from the heavy rain we've had lately. Constantly being wet might have given Mr. Giles a form of pneumonia.
Announcement of Engagement
The above mentioned Mr Giles is happy to announce that his son Bernard is engaged to be married to Miss Anthea Perkins from Newton Abbot. The young couple met at the Cheese and Onion Fayre last year, and are planning to settle at the Giles farm after the wedding.
Settling in
Mrs Bantry is settling in at the gatehouse at Gossington Hall and is very happy with the arrangement. "The downsizing has made my life so much easier", she says, "in addition to having solved a number of problems in the family".
Buster, Mrs Gregg's dog, seems to enjoy his new playground, and is getting new friends. Well, maybe not friends, but at least someone (or something) to play with.
Mrs Gregg herself is also pleased with her new living quarters, but she is almost probably definitely sure that she maybe saw a ghost the other day. "It was terrible Jason! He was limping around in the library, with only one eye and hiding half of his face like this!! Can you believe it?!?" "No, I can't", Mr Rudd replied.
Teen in trouble
Frank Baker started a furious argument with Miss Keene at the Tennis Club a couple of weeks ago, after overhearing her telling the tennis coach about some pranks he had done in the past.
"You and your stupid friends at the hotel", the young punk sputtered, "you think you are so special, but you just wait, I will FIX you!!"
Miss Keene was quite upset after the incident, and approached Mrs Baker about her son's threats.
At a small get together at Mr Redding's last week Mrs Baker told her friend Miss Marple about it, and asked her to keep an eye on young Frank. "I can't believe that my son would actually do something like that, but there have been some unresting episodes lately. I don't know what is wrong with that boy!"
As always, Miss Marple has promised to assist, and will help the family to get the lad on better thoughts.
The characters and buildings from this story are from the AnnoSims Group project St. Mary Mead, loosly based on the novels of Agatha Christie. (
Anno Sims is now closed, but you can find my own creations for the project here at KSW.)
