This is the Dorothy L. Sayers story I promised; and I post this page tonight to whet your appetites. As you can see, Lord Peter Wimsey is not here for this one.
Owen do you know this?
I propose to post a page a day. It's not a long story and it can be your bedtime read for the next two weeks. But this is just a trailer.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
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I am delighted to say I have never heard of it. Now all I need is a bottle of Dow 08 to drink while I read it. Daniel you really are the shiny silver sixpence in my pudding. Can't wait, I bet the mousey niece did it.
Nonsense. It must have been the house-guest, whose mother had a grievance against our hero’s father (probably a dispute in India about a cask of Malmsey).
Glenn E. wrote:Delightful! I eagerly await the next installment!
My thoughts exactly. I read it late last night and think I might enjoy being drip fed it. I had heard of the Montague Egg stories before but didn't realise he was a salesman for a wine merchant. I think I might have to invest in the two collections he appears in.
I may have made this point before but I always wonder about the kind of people who work in wine merchants. You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
LGTrotter wrote:You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
Perhaps a convenient trade for the sons of the well-heeled gentlemen who could not quite manage to be lawyers, doctors or commissioned officers to ensure they didn't have to mingle with the great unwashed?
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
LGTrotter wrote:You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
Perhaps a convenient trade for the sons of the well-heeled gentlemen who could not quite manage to be lawyers, doctors or commissioned officers to ensure they didn't have to mingle with the great unwashed?
Yes, what Derek is trying to say it's a convenient dumping ground for the younger sons and their ilk.
"Oh, darling, I meant to say, Godolphin has secured a position with Messrs. Stanley and Freienm."
"Something of a relief, dear; but he'll still have to learn to tie his shoelaces."
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
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LGTrotter wrote:I may have made this point before but I always wonder about the kind of people who work in wine merchants. You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
Perhaps those with well-off parents are both more likely to attend a public school, and to have had more experience of fine wine and hence cultivated an interest while young?
