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100wordsTitle: Hunt
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster
Rating: Gen
Notes: There's a clue in a fox hunter's words.
Jeeves was in the gun room. I gave him the news.
“The Colonel woke momentarily, then lapsed back into Queen Mab’s embrace. Didn’t say anything about the supposed accident. The only thing he would say is ‘the fishing rod is a dead cat.’ A proverb of some kind?”
Jeeves’ eyes went slightly round. “The Colonel is a fox hunter.”
“Yes, the Pychley know him well.”
“To confuse the hounds and prolong the hunt, there is dragged a dead cat or…”
“A smoked, that is to say, red herring! Jeeves, the fishing rod is a red herring!”
“The game’s afoot, sir!”
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster
Rating: Gen
Notes: There's a clue in a fox hunter's words.
Jeeves was in the gun room. I gave him the news.
“The Colonel woke momentarily, then lapsed back into Queen Mab’s embrace. Didn’t say anything about the supposed accident. The only thing he would say is ‘the fishing rod is a dead cat.’ A proverb of some kind?”
Jeeves’ eyes went slightly round. “The Colonel is a fox hunter.”
“Yes, the Pychley know him well.”
“To confuse the hounds and prolong the hunt, there is dragged a dead cat or…”
“A smoked, that is to say, red herring! Jeeves, the fishing rod is a red herring!”
“The game’s afoot, sir!”
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