I reached the Police station by way of Marylebone road in less than an hour, and announced myself to the desk sergeant, rubbing my hands in gleeful anticipation – if I could convince Lestrade of the merit of my findings, then we could apprehend the villain and perhaps even spare some unsuspecting soul from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘brogue’
The Case Of The Limehouse Golem Pt II
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Humour, Satire, Short Story, Writing, tagged Armagnac, brogue, Darjeeling, spats, tea on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Visit to The Footbinder
Posted in Comedy, Humor, Humour, Satire, Writing, footwear, tagged brogue, Church's, Loake's, Samuel Windsor on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mr. Cornelius Clinch emerging from the back of the shop, neat and impeccably shod, an expression of conspiratorial expectation etched upon his features.
Owner of ‘The Footbinder’, purveyor of shoes and hand tooled suitcases to the gentry of Muswell Hill and the surrounding countryside, Cornelius had plied his trade in my father’s day and, it is [...]
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