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Posted by Jock on March 11, 2006 at 00:31:48 from 84.68.239.14 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: Beckfoot posted by Peter H on March 10, 2006 at 23:51:27:

Thanks Peter.

I say, Dot, when you've plunked the roses in her room . . . Some on the dressing table . . . Some on the mantelpiece and some with the biscuit tin by her bed . . . just make sure Dick's got all his things . . . Coming .. . COMING! Jibbooms and bobstays! We've only got four hours left . . .' She was gone and back again in a moment with three glass vases for the flowers. 'Water in the bathroom,' she said. 'I've got to keep an eye on Cook and the stores.'

What a wonderful collection of truncated sentences conveying the mood of everybody rushing about in growing panic! But, I agree with Ed. 'Water in the bathroom,' can be read both ways and both meanings make perfect sense. Some 1920's houses had upstairs plumbing, others did not.

(Re 'grading' posts, OUCH! It seems that I have finally suceeded in shooting myself in the foot.)


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