Illustration: PINTEREST
Zephyrinus is looking forward to spending Christmas with several very good friends in The Highlands, Scotland.
Divine Midnight Mass for Christmas, good company, good fishing, excellent Scottish Whisky, and lots of bracing walks among the beautiful mountains.
However, Perkins (Chauffeur) is insisting on coming along
“to ensure the brandy and whisky keys do not get lost, Sir”.
Zephyrinus is worried !!!
Perkins (Chauffeur), looking “ever so ’umble”, offers
to look after the keys to the brandy and whisky cabinets !!!
Image: Punch’s Almanack 1869.
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If Readers have any helpful opinions or tips on how to deal with Perkins, please leave your suggestions (polite ones, please) in the Comments Section. Thank You.
No doubt, Zephyrinus, Perkins would be of great help in tracking down Professor Moriarty during Holmes’, er Zephyrinus’ Scottish fishing holiday.
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, Perkins ensuring, during his holiday tour inspections of the various Scottish whiskey distilleries, that only the best are brought back for a Zephyrinus’ spirits cabinet. All he asks for is your platinum credit card, of course.
Such a thoughtful chap! -Note by Dante P
Thank you, Dante P, for your prescient observations and suggestions.
DeleteYou have, as always, discerned that Zephyrinus has, shall we say, close links, with Mr. Holmes. That being the case, it is a pleasure to be able to assist Mr. Holmes in his “dealings” with Professor Moriarty, last heard of moving about in The Highlands.
Zephyrinus and Mr. Holmes might well engage in a strolling walkabout “up in thar hills”, looking for deer, no doubt.
As for the perennial problem (Perkins), one wonders whether Zephyrinus is being naïve in wondering whether to give Perkins the Platinum Credit Card, whilst he is touring the distilleries. Zephyrinus smells a rat !!!