The Corpse at the End of the Chapter by Karen Hayes

Author:Karen Hayes [Hayes, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781710723625
Published: 2019-11-21T18:30:00+00:00

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Copper and Suds were just coming out of the mortuary when Harve drove up. “Perfect timing,” Copper said as she got into the car. “Everything is now set for Ruby’s funeral on Monday. I think Suds spent a lot more on Ruby than Brandon did on Agatha.” She smiled and shook her head as she thought of the pitiful daisy spray that topped Agatha’s plain coffin. But Louise had warned her and told her why. So Copper had called ahead and arranged for her and Suds to meet with Roger Peace following Agatha’s funeral.

Roger had proved much easier to deal with and she and Suds were able to get a very nice funeral service arranged for Ruby, with a lovely coffin and an elaborate spray of pink and white roses, with pink gladioli and white snapdragons, accented with pink gerbera daisies, white tulips, and, for good measure, a couple of fragrant white lilies. Copper thought she could almost smell them right from the catalog page.

Ruby had lots of friends from the Rainy Day who would want to pay their respects, so there would be a viewing an hour before the funeral. Ruby had not attended any church, but Copper had pulled aside Pastor Ashton after Agatha’s funeral and asked if he would be willing to do the prayer at Ruby’s. He agreed. He also said he thought his organist would be willing to provide the music and Copper thanked him for that. Suds said he wasn’t very good at speech-making, but maybe he could say something,

“You know,” Copper had said, “I attended a very unusual funeral when I was in college. It was totally unstructured. A relative had played a piano solo and friends of the deceased were then invited to come up and say a few words.”

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