Candleshoe Page #5

You may tell him, I'm pleased.

And then the vicar told a funny story

about an elephant.

Why do you let your hair hang over

your face like that, dear?

It covers your lovely eyes.

Push it back! Push it back, Margaret!

Oh, what happened?

Might I ask?

Do you want to know how I got

into this mess?

All right, I'll tell you what happened.

I was sitting at the vegetable garden.

Breeding, minding my own business.

Cluny came up to me, yeah, she came

up to me.

And... and she wanted me to help with

the few things she was doing.

I said, sure, you know, why not,

so I get up

to go with her, trip over garden

hose, bang my eye

and fell over tea kettle down the hill

and into the barney, come up covered

wit rubbish.

Can I have some mash potatoes,

please?

Priory, you will tell Gipping to be more

careful in the future of where he puts

the garden hose.

As you wish, my lady.

The country churchyard.

Shut up! You miserable, double-crossing

little worm!

You thought you are all out, Harry,

did you?

After all he has done for you.

I was thinking all that time, really.

I saw that church. I thought, maybe...

Yeah, stroken good fortune.

So did I.

Eulogy in the country churchyard?

Well, that's grave in it.

Yeah, look at it, look at it, nothing

just his name and when he died.

Marbe that is the clue, Harry.

When he died, maybe that means something.

Like what? He didn't know when he

was going to die. Here we are to dig him up.

Dig him up.

What is the matter with you? Do you

want to wake up the whole house?

Here, the old devil , he followed the

eclipse for richess and fame and if he

would prosper, do ye the same.

Thomas Gray. In a country churchyard.

The cunning old devil.

Do you think that is an eclipse,

Harry?

Of course, it is.

Here, anything to do with an eclipse, now

you go through that old house from top to bottom

and don't you do nothing else. Do you hear me?

Yeah, yeah.

Get back to the house before they miss

you. I'll be in touch in a day or two.

So you better have

something for me.

Aren't you going back to London?

London? I can't show my face

in London while all the sharks around

my gullet. You listen to me. If they chew me,

I'll chew you. And Don't you forget it.

I could be feeding you to the fishes and no one

will ever know.

Hh! You don't think he is joking.

Have you ever seen anyone who has

been fed for the fishes?

Very nasty, that is. Now and then a person

is hold up out of the sea and the authorities

looks them through squinched of their eyes,

oh, what an horrible massacre, bear to see it

and throw him back in. And that is the end

of that person. And that is what'll happen to you

if you don't do what is expected of you. Just remember!

I got for you first two clues, didn't I?

Well, you better find the next one

and be quick about it.

Good morning. Hi. Good morning Casey.

Good morning.

Did you sleep late?

Yeah.

Would you like some scum? We've just made.

Yeah, thanks.

Thanks.

That is for Casey, not you.

The rest are for tea.

What was the last time you heard

about an eclipse around this place, ha?

Here Bobby, make yourself useful,

polish that.

Eclipse of the sun or eclipse of the moon?

Either.

We hear sometime. Why do you ask?

No reason.

Look, look, what I found?

Oh, good. Cucumber.

He loves cucumber sandwiches.

What's going on? Who does?

Today is the first place to set them out.

So what?

The first Wednesday of the month

Colonel Dennis comes to tea.

Who is Colonel Dennis?

More tea, Colonel?

Oh, yes, thank you very much.

By jove, they are delicious, those

cucumber sandwiches. They are my

favourite.

I remember, the club at Cornpow

my sice used to bring me cucumber

sandwiches every afternoon.

Do you know, dear vicar was talking

about India yesterday and

he said, the sice is a groom.

Yes, of course, quite right, yes..., slip

of the tongue. My sice used to bring

my horse every afternoon.

A black horse.

Seaton,

Seaton, dear old Seaton.

Oh, many of a gin and cognac I won

with dear old Seaton.

It was at the time of game

manouvres.

Does he really ride that good?

Not likely. Mr. Priory is

terrified of horses.

Dennis, he said, you haven't bought

that brood, have you? You never get

on his back.

Well, I took ald Seaton, I went over

those jumps three times at full gallop.

Where are you going with those?

I got bread scums.

Wait a minute.

I got an idea.

Splendid, but very dangerous

Oh, my dear lady, one doesn't consider

danger, when one is a soldier.

Oh, Margaret, my dear child.

Oh, Colonel, you haven't met my

grand daughter, Margaret.

I'm delighted.

Hello there.

What are those?

Oh, these are some scums.

Mr. Priory thought the Colonel would

like some.

You have met Mr. Priory, the butler?

Yes, of course. Splendid fellow.

Well, I must be on my way. Delicious tea,

delightful company.

My dear Colonel Dennis, your visits are much

too short. They bring a breath of the outside world.

How fortunate it was for me

that you moved into the neighbourhood,

just when my last old friend left.

Oh, I wouldn't miss my monthly visit

with all the tea and china.

Ah, hello children, all well?

Oh, yes, Colonel Dennis, thank you.

Good boy.

Is that your horse? Yes, it's a bit nag

actually, but perfectly all right getting

around the countryside.

Yeah, I've never seen a saddle like this.

Where I come from there are Western

saddles.

Is it hard to ride on him with this

tiddy biddy things? No problem really,

with these good hands.

Beat me! How do you stay on

one of these?

Could you show me, Colonel?

Now? Oh, well, some other time.

Please?

Well, the animal is tired. I rode him

pretty hardcoming over here. I had

to be walking home.

Grandmother. My dear Colonel, do, please,

indulge the child, and me, too.

I've never seen you on horse back.

Yes, well?

Please? Please?

Please? Please?

Let us see you gallop up the drive

in true cavalry fashion.

Well, anything to give you pleasure,

of course.

You aren't mounting that side, are you?

I'm just checking rubber,

leather pieces here. The gird, sir.

I know it is the gird.

It is a regimental policy always to check

the gird before mounting.

Just do wait.

How to get this started?

You could have this thing with you.

Colonel's horse must be even more

mettlesome than old Seaton was.

Did you see him going up the stairs

with the tour? Yeah, he had to go.

One at a time.

Oov.

All right now, if you laugh, just remember,

he'll laugh last, last, last.

Oh, how did it go?

I'm afraid castle tour didn't help much.

With the takings of today's tour and the

refreshments we're still a hundred

pounds short.

Hundred pounds?

Really?

When do you have to pay the taxes?

About a week.

Eight days, to be exact.

Oh, come on now, cheer up. We

still have time.

We still have a few things we can

take to Mr. Threshers. And next

Saturday at the market we can sell more

fruit, more vegetables, more jams and

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