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music playing i personally think this story is funny but if your sense of humor doesn't happen to be the same as mine then i'm afraid you'll be a bit disturbed by what goes on and by the way if any of you are tempted to think it's all pretty far fetched then you should stop, think, and ask yourself seriously whether such a thing as this could really happen the answer is yes. of course it could
even to you billy weaver was traveling down from london on a slow afternoon train with a change at swindon on the way oh, sorry nodded off excuse me, do you know bath? certainly, you i take it, do not no this is my first visit vacation?
i've been assigned to our branch office you make yourself sound like a parcel mr. greenslade, he's our personnel manager at head office in london he says that, well he says i'll profit from the experience i sincerely hope you do what line of business are you in? insurance all risks i suppose i could say the same
train sounds blarth is a most beautiful city, you'll like it i'm sure one sometimes feels time has stopped in blarth (singing) my bonnie lies over the ocean, my bonnie lies over the sea my bonnie lies over the ocean, oh bring back my bonnie to me (humming) goodness this winds like a knife goodbye, goodbye um, you could try the bell and dragon
straight down the road about a quarter mile. they might take you um, you can't miss it but if they're full they are plenty of b & b's in bath. and much cheaper of course b & b's? bed and breakfast. land ladies, kippers, roller towels good luck. god bless he'll be here soon. i can feel it music plays you have made up your mind, really
you know you have doorbell rings please come in i hadn't taken my finger off the bell do come in. it's so cold out isn't it uh, yes but um... you saw the notice in the window? yes, i did i knew you would
knew? that's why i put it there. you need a room well, yes as a matter of fact it's all ready for you my dear but i was going to the bell and dragon they're full full? they always telephone me when they are. we have a little joke about it i'm their overflow or sort of annex to the official hotel. do come out of the cold
yes, thank you oh, excuse my asking but four pounds. you won't find anywhere more reasonable and that includes an egg for breakfast oh, that's fantastic the bell and dragon charges more than double but their full anyway exactly what we used to call commercial travelers
i never take that sort of person do come in i always put out the chain at night. safer welcome home, dear home? i tell all my guests that to treat my house as home. home from home, dear do put your hat there and let me help you with your coat thank you very much
i expect you're from london aren't you? that's right, yes you'll find bath so much more restful shall i lead the way? oh, please we have the house all to ourselves. the fact is i'm just a teeny weeny bit choosy particular if you see what i mean but i'm always ready. be prepared is what they used to say in the girl guides
everything's always ready here just on the off chance that an acceptable young gentleman should come along and it's such a pleasure when i do happen to open the door and see someone standing there who is just exactly right like you, dear this floor is mine i shouldn't rely on that dear it's stopped ages ago do you intend to work in bath?
yes, i've been sent down to our branch office what fun oh no, after you dear. it's your room it's superb. it's very nice i'm so glad you like it dear the morning sun comes right in the windows mr. perkins it is mr. perkins isn't it no, it's weaver as a matter of fact william weaver
of course mr. weaver. how silly of me weaver. such a nice reliable name too i've put a hot water bottle in your bed it's such a comfort don't you think? to find a hot water bottle in a strange bed and do light the gas fire at any time if you feel chilly that's very kind i'm so glad you materialized i was beginning to get worried in case my inner voice had let me down
inner voice? intuition dear but then when i thought it about too late there you were now, how about supper oh, i'm not hungry. thank you i had some sandwiches on the train my mother made them ham and watercress nice, plenty of iron in watercress
it's good for the blood so i think i'll just go straight to bed as i've got to get up rather early tomorrow you see so as to report to the office of course, dear oh, the you-know-where is at the end of the passage well, i'll leave you to unpack before you go to bed, would you be so kind as to pop downstairs and sign the guestbook on the piano everyone has to. it's the law of the land and we don't want to go breaking the law, do we?
remember basil no barking when he comes down dear mum and dad just a quick news flash to say i've arrived in one piece good lodgings with a nice landlady bit crazy but okay sort of everyone's favorite aunt very cozy don't let my awful sisters drag you down
joke love, billy so glad you remembered the book that's funny hmm? these names gregory temple and christopher mulholland oh such charming boys
they sound sort of familiar do they? i'm sure i've heard of them somewhere before really? what fun was it in the papers? oh i shouldn't have thought so, dear perhaps they're famous. footballers or pop stars famous? no, but they were extraordinarily handsome and the dates this entry's over two years old
and christopher mulholland is nearly a year before that, july 75 how time does fly mr. wilkins weaver w-e-a-v-e-r silly me. i do apologize. in one ear out the other that's me weaver. mr. weaver weaver i must cement it in my mind it's kind of peculiar you see mullholland and temple sort of connect they go together in my mind like laurel and hardy, you know
i don't dear your tea has cooled down oh you shouldn't have bothered it was no trouble. do come and sit down that' right by me dear what i mean is oh, it's stupid it's on the tip of my tongue. where have i heard those two names before? got it! mullholland
he was on a walking tour of the west country oh three lumps please he was a school boy at eaton oh no dear that can't be right. my mr. mulholland was at cambridge . he was an undergraduate biscuit? yes please how cozy. the fire isn't too hot for you is it? i do hope you like china tea yes, it's very nice
dear mr. mulholland such a one for his tea i never saw anyone drink so much tea has he stayed with you recently? sweet boy i know i saw his name in the papers oh my i like a gingerbread crisp mr. mullholland is staying here now. and mr. temple.they're both still with me oh?
will i meet them? d-v as we say god willing dear how old are you mr...mr....don't tell me weaver? there oh what a relief 18 i'm 18 18 oh it's the perfect age mr. mullholland was 17 when he first stayed with me he can't have been
oh he was but you can't go to cambridge when you're 17 you can if you're clever dear. he was terribly clever. a scholar. very studious he was a trifle shorter than you and his teeth weren't quite so white as yours you have the most beautiful teeth mr. weaver my dad calls them my whited seplecans you see the fillings at the back mr. temple was rather older 28 in fact
but i'd never have believed him if he hadn't told me he hadn't a blemish on his body a what? his skin was just like a baby's more tea? uh, no thanks that parrot when i first saw it you thought he was alive?
yes alas no. poor sinbad can i look? of course dear of course pretty polly sinabd always said that. so full of himself it's amazingly clever who did it? it doesn't look dead at all i know. i did it dear you did?
yes excuse me i do feel this room does get very warm. have you met basil? that's why he didn't bark when i came in basil was a terrible barker he feels hard must be awfully difficult to do a thing like that on the contrary, no. not a creature one has loved
that way one can go on loving him forever and ever and ever i'm sorry i must sit down you did sign the book, didn't you? good. more tea? no, thank you i stuff all my little pets when they pass away i'm glad you remembered the book because later if i forget and you know now what a one i am for forgetting i can always pop down and look it up
i still do that everyday with mr. mulholland and mr. mr. oh they're gone again temple i remember now they were in the papers i read bedtime dear. up we go nearly there that's a good boy
in we go the tea tasted bitter quite dear. exactly to help you sleep air! i must breathe the place where you were spared to be music playing did you undress me?
of course dear and believe me you're just as handsome as the others no need to blush you're beautiful sleep tight mr. wilkens still reading mr. mullholland. can't you see that mr. temple wants to sleep lights out boys
