Dizzy Dilemmas by Mary Beeken

Author:Mary Beeken [Beeken, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Historical, regency, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 1481181548
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Everyone gathered in the yellow drawing room before dinner that evening to present Alfie with his birthday gifts. Being a scientist and inventor; one moreover renowned in his field, it was not surprising that most of his family had purchased items that would be of use to him in his work. Dizzy was particularly pleased with the portable microscope that she had found in a small shop off Bond Street. It came in a beautiful wooden box which was lined in red silk and she had arranged for his name to be engraved on the inside of the lid.

“Thank you, my dear,” Alfie said after it had been passed around for all to see. “I cannot tell you how useful it is going to be when I am out and about on field study and I can record my findings in these lovely notebooks that Genevieve gave me.”

“They are very smart,” Dizzy replied, picking one up to look at.

Genevieve had bought him a comprehensive set of notebooks bound in moleskin and dyed in a range of colours, and each colour was in a set of different paper including plain, lined; both wide and narrow and squared.

“I thought they would make it easier for you to keep a record of your various experiments and theories. I know how frustrated you get when you cannot find your notes because they are haphazardly recorded on bits of paper and have been filed in the wrong place,” she said.

“Too true, my love,” stated Mrs Honey Dew. “I cannot tell you how much time we spend hunting for things that have been put down somewhere and then cannot be found.”

“They move themselves, I am convinced of it!” laughed Alfie. “Either that or we have a mischievous ghost, moreover one who particularly likes writing implements; pens, pencils it matters not for they all just disappear as if into thin air!”

“Ah that is my cue to present you with this,” said Gabriel, handing over a polished oak case about eighteen inches wide with a depth of half that. “It will take a while for you to lose these; or should I say for the ghost to filch them!”

Inside Alfie found a variety of pencils, pens and inks, all neatly laid out in three layers. “It certainly will!” Alfie replied. “Thank you, my boy. It is a marvellous gift.” Taking out first one item and then another to examine them before returning each one to its rightful place in the case.

“I am glad you like them,” he smiled then added, “Are we to go into dinner soon? I am famished!”

“No change there then for you are always famished!” his twin announced. “But you will have to wait another half hour I am afraid. Dinner will be served at eight as is the norm when we dine at home in town. One would have thought you knew that after all this time.”

“Then I am glad that I had the sense to save this from teatime!” he said, pulling a handkerchief from his pocket and unwrapping it to reveal a biscuit.

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