The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery) by T E Kinsey

Author:T E Kinsey [Kinsey, T E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2021-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

It was once again Ellie who saw an opportunity to talk to one of the Alphabet Gang the next evening. Having helped Alfie on Tuesday it was a natural move to offer the same support to Ernie. As before, she approached Millie shortly before the break and suggested she dance with Ernie. Millie agreed and the rest of the Alphabets ragged their dancing duffer.

‘Couldn’t we just erect some sort of screen for Alfie and Ernie to dance behind?’ said Bertie. ‘Like a windbreak on the beach, or a changing screen in a lady’s boudoir.’

‘And have them come out in different outfits,’ said Charlie. ‘I like it. Turn it into a comedy act. Distract the Wags from our collective ineptitude.’

‘Oh, top-hole idea,’ said Bertie. ‘Have them come out dressed as gels – there’s some choice outfits in the Ents Committee costume trunk.’

‘Now look here,’ said Alfie. ‘More than happy to be the class duffer – been that all my life – but I draw the line at actually asking chaps to laugh at me.’

‘That’s the point, though, isn’t it?’ said Bertie. ‘You come out dressed to make them laugh and you’re in control of it. You’re the one setting the pace, d’you see? They’re not laughing because you’re a duffer, they’re laughing because you chose to do something funny. Completely different kettle of kippers.’

‘Would you mind awfully if we concentrated on the dance steps for now and sorted out the finer details of the presentation some other time?’ Millie was once again becoming impatient.

‘Right you are, Miss M,’ said Alfie. ‘Lips buttoned. Dance on.’

Ellie joined Ernie, but quickly found that he was a hopeless case – an actual lost cause.

‘I’m so sorry, m’dear,’ he mumbled, as the number ended and Millie announced the break. ‘I just can’t seem to get the hang of it at all.’

Ellie squeezed his arm. ‘We’ll think of something.’

‘Beginning to think Bertie’s idea might not be so hare-brained after all,’ he said. ‘If we just come out from behind a screen dressed as fillies . . . or a . . . Actually, that’s not a bad idea. That might work.’

‘What might work?’

‘Dressed as a filly. The both of us.’ He turned towards the table by the wall, where everyone else was helping themselves to beer. ‘I say, you chaps, know anywhere we can get a pantomime horse costume?’

The Alphabets looked blank.

‘There’s a couple of places in the West End would sort you out,’ called Skins from the stage. ‘Why?’

‘Don’t you see?’ said Ernie. ‘It’s perfect.’

‘What’s perfect about it?’ asked Bertie.

‘D’you think it’s easy or difficult to dance in a pantomime horse costume?’

‘Rather tricky, I should imagine.’

‘So if Alfie and I come out dressed as a horse, no one’s expectations are going to be especially high. With me at the back just sort of shuffling about and trying to keep up, Alfie can Charleston at the front and the place will go bonkers. A horse doing the Charleston. It doesn’t matter if we muff it up – we’ll get points from the judges for the sheer hilarity of it.

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