Jon Hagadorn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Welcome back, everyone, to 1001 Stories for the Road, as we continue The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie.
Today, Chapters 5 and 6, beginning with Chapter 5, The Man in the Road.
"'Father,' said Bondle, opening the door of Lord Catterham's special sanctum and putting her head in, "'I'm going up to town in the Hispano.
I can't stand the monotony down here any longer.
We only got home yesterday.'
complained Lord Catterham.
"'I know.
It seems like a hundred years.
I'd forgotten how dull the country could be.'
"'I don't agree with you,' said Lord Catterham.
"'It's peaceful.
That's what it is.
Peaceful.
And extremely comfortable.
I appreciate getting back to Treadwell more than I can tell you.'
That man studies my comfort in the most marvellous manner.
Somebody came round only this morning to know if they could hold a tally for girl guides here.'
"'A rally,' interrupted Bundle.
"'Rally, tally, it's all the same.
Some silly word meaning nothing whatever.