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Updated: May 27, 2025
This was precisely what I wanted, and I accepted thankfully, regardless of the feelings of Mrs. Gummer.
This was precisely what I had wanted, and I accepted thankfully, regardless of the feelings of Mrs. Gummer.
Gummer was one of those housewives who make up for an archaic simplicity of production by preparations on the most portentous and alarming scale. But this time I would not be deterred.
But it seemed that Thorndyke was but playing a waiting game; was only allowing the intimacy to ripen while he watched for the opportunity. And that opportunity came, even as Mrs. Gummer vanished spectrally with a tray of plates and glasses. "So you had a visitor last night, Doctor," said Mr. Bellingham. "I mean my friend Jellicoe. He told us he had seen you, and mighty curious he was about you.
"Coarsely put," said Miss Oman, "but perfectly true." "Very well. Now, if I leave the management to Mrs. Gummer, she will probably provide a tepid Irish stew with flakes of congealed fat on it, and a plastic suet-pudding or something of that kind, and turn the house upside-down in getting it ready. So I thought of having a cold spread and getting the things in from outside.
I couldn't see the boat, 'cause it was a very dark night." "Very well. Now I am going to ask you about another matter. Do you know anyone of the name of Polton?" "Yes," replied Gummer, turning a dusky red. "I've just found out his real name. I thought he was called Simmons." "Tell us what you know about him," said Anstey, with a mischievous smile.
But it seemed that Thorndyke was but playing a waiting game; was only allowing the intimacy to ripen while he watched for the opportunity. And that opportunity came, even as Mrs. Gummer vanished spectrally with a tray of plates and glasses. "So you had a visitor last night, Doctor," said Mr. Bellingham. "I mean my friend Jellicoe. He told us he had seen you, and mighty curious he was about you.
Jacob admitted at the outset that he was a smack-master's apprentice, and that he bad been "hired out" by his master to one Mr. Jezzard as deck-hand and cabin-boy of the yacht Otter. "Now, Gummer," said Anstey, "do you remember the prisoner coming on board the yacht?" "Yes. He has been on board twice. The first time was about a month ago. He went for a sail with us then.
"Coarsely put," said Miss Oman, "but perfectly true." "Very well. Now, if I leave the management to Mrs. Gummer, she will probably provide a tepid Irish stew with flakes of congealed fat on it, and a plastic suet-pudding or something of that kind, and turn the house upside down in getting it ready. So I thought of having a cold spread and getting the things from outside.
I thought you'd like me better if I had teeth, and now I s'pose you can't ever look at me without laughin'." Miss Eyester flipped a bit of plaster from his shirtsleeve with her thumb and finger. "I wouldn't do anything to hurt your feelings, ever." "Never?" "Never." "Then don't you go ridin' again with that old gummer." "Do you care, really?" shyly. "I'll tell the world I do!"
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