The Three Gables: Outfoxed

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Canon Story: The Three Gables
Title: Outfoxed
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “Oh, if I had the money I would go round the world.”


Such a sympathetic couple, mused Mrs. Maberley. So sad they had lost their son too.

She settled herself at the hotel’s escritoire.

And so charming. So hesitant and bashful when they suggested a donation to their hospital…

Mrs. Maberley sighed and finished drafting her international telegram to Scotland Yard.

Unfortunately for these foxes, this chicken was a tough old bird.



A/N: "One of the most dangerous classes in the world," said he, "is the drifting and friendless woman... She has sufficient means to take her from country to country and from hotel to hotel… She is a stray chicken in a world of foxes.” (LADY)

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Oho, she's caught up to the rogues! Can send 221b a couple of nice souvenirs; a postcard of the Egyptian pyramids at Giza, and the mug shots of both her foxes.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Little inscription on the back of the mugshots - "Saw these and thought of you" ^_^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Delighted to see Mrs Maberley remains undaunted.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

She has an impressively robust spirit.

[debriswoman]

Excellent deduction by Mrs Maberley, and neatly linked:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I was pleased with making the link ^^

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Mrs. Maberley did better than Bertie Wooster that one time when they tried to trick him with his own aunt's pearls. Glad to see her hold her own.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

She's an impressive woman.

And will you be writing an ACD Holmes/Jeeves & Wooster crossover at some point? ^^

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Probably not unless godsdaisiechain lends me some of her thingagummy. But I do think of Jeeves every time I read about a salmon coloured tie or lavender spat and wonder what mess he would have to get Bertie out of to get him to relinquish them.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Very well put. And it does go with the canon character, too.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^ Mrs. Maberley does seem to have a calm and resilient personality - she's made of strong stuff.