The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.

In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized.

While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.

The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move, of course, was to procure another chair and give the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find that the cow-creamer wasn't there. I suppose these kleptomaniacs know a thing or two and don't hide the loot in the obvious place.