From A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING. McGee doesn't think maids take
pride in their work.
| I went out and found their ice machine and came back and
fixed a drink
| in a tumbler that came in a little wax bag explaining that
it had been
| Steem-Sterilized. It had a little flake of raspberry
lipstick on the
| edge of it. Presumably that had been Steem-Sterilized too.
I should
| report it to the Sheriff. The usual efficient process is
for the room
| maid to wipe the glasses on the used bath towels of the
previous guests
| and then pop them into those comforting little bags. Next
she wipes the
| john seat with the same towels, then slips the paper ribbon
on it,
| acclaiming its astonishing sterility. Then, with the beds
made, she
| goes trundling off, pushing her square-wheeled cart,
kicking the doors
| of the sleepers, clearing her throat with a ringing
whock-tooey into the
| shrubbery, screaming her early morning greetings to her
friends three
| blocks away.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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