Pets in Prospect - Malcolm D. Welshman [116]
As we locked up in the dark and crunched down the gravel drive, arm in arm, a rising full moon bathed the front of Prospect House in a wash of luminous grey.
I turned to look at the portico, its pillars like shafts of silver. It had only been seven months since I’d first set eyes on that entrance, an entrance that had opened a whole new chapter of my life.
I turned to Lucy.
Moonbeams danced in her hazel eyes. The look she gave me – that lovely Lucy look – spoke volumes … of further chapters … more episodes. The prospects ahead looked good. Very good indeed.
As we climbed into the car, I started to hum: ‘Odl lay ee … Odl lay hee hee …’
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Table of Contents
T ITLE P AGE
E PIGRAPH
F OREWORD BY J IM W IGHT
1 V ET IN P ROSPECT
2 A W ING AND A P RAYER
3 F ORTUNE F AVOURS THE B RAVE
4 H EAVYWEIGHT K NOCK -O UT
5 A T URN FOR THE B ETTER
6 C REATURE C OMFORTS
7 T ODAY’S S PECIALS : H OT D OG AND F ILLET OF F ISH
8 C YRIL T AKES THE B ISCUIT
9 A ND T HIS L ITTLE P IGGY H AD N ONE
10 T HERE’S N OTHING L IKE A D AME
11 A F ÊTE W ORSE THAN D EATH
12 L UCY P ROVES A P OINT
13 R UFFLED F EATHERS
14 E XOTIC C HANCER
15 B IBLE B ASHER
16 T HE W ILD S IDE OF W ESTCOTT
17 T HE L AND T HAT T IME F ORGOT
18 A C RACKER OF A C HRISTMAS
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