Girlyswot's Drabble -- "Morning Coffee"
requested a Lord Peter Wimsey drabble from me.
So here it is. The title is Morning Coffee.
“Peter.” She addressed herself to the back page of the Times.
“Yes, Domina?”
“Bunter’s said more to me this morning than you have.”
The Times came down. Peter looked at her through narrowed eyes for a moment. Then he pronounced: “Robert Templeton’s been giving you problems this week.”
That wasn’t the reply she was expecting. “Well, yes. But how - ”
“When you’re happily writing, it is I who must beg for your attention. Like Sherlock Holmes, you experience ennui only between cases.”
“And you?”
“I?”
“Do you experience ennui between cases?”
Peter looked shocked. “My dear girl, I have hobbies.”
So here it is. The title is Morning Coffee.
“Peter.” She addressed herself to the back page of the Times.
“Yes, Domina?”
“Bunter’s said more to me this morning than you have.”
The Times came down. Peter looked at her through narrowed eyes for a moment. Then he pronounced: “Robert Templeton’s been giving you problems this week.”
That wasn’t the reply she was expecting. “Well, yes. But how - ”
“When you’re happily writing, it is I who must beg for your attention. Like Sherlock Holmes, you experience ennui only between cases.”
“And you?”
“I?”
“Do you experience ennui between cases?”
Peter looked shocked. “My dear girl, I have hobbies.”