[MaC] The ARP warden arrives - and leaves
Allen Veazey
veazeyae at gmail.com
Fri Dec 24 21:06:54 EST 2004
> "I'll be off then," said the warden - unless you'd like me to have a look
> round ... "
>
> "That will be all right," said Marty. "Just tell us about this bomb."
>
> The warden repeated his earlier warning and then took his leave, Marty
> Fitzroy escorting him to the lift - as though to make sure he'd really
> leave.
>
> The lift was slowly clanking its way down ... and Marty returned.
>
> "Now I need a drink," he announced. "Hodges - a brandy and soda. With not
> too much soda."
>
> His mood seemed to have taken yet another turn for the worse.
"And bother again," Warren said. "Frightful things, unexploded bombs.
Have a habit of going off an hour or a week later. At the airfield,
they've gotten into the habit of getting a sharpshooter and
plinking at the thing from a distance... something wrong, Mister
Fitzroy?"
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