Mrs. Jeffries And The Mistletoe Mix-Up (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up CHAPTER 2 “This has all been quite shocking, Constable,” the butler murmured as he took a spot on the bench across the table from Barnes. They were in the servants’ dining hall on the bottom floor of the house. The table was rickety and pitted with nicks and scars. There were racks of dishes along one wall, and on the opposite side, storage shelves containing chipped crockery jars, mismatched glassware, and an old coffee grinder with a rusted handle. At the far end of the room, a set of gray and green checked curtains hung limply at the single, narrow window. Barnes wondered why the rich always condemned their servants to eat in the most dreary and cheerless rooms. He wished he could hold his breath, as the smell was still bad, but instead, he nodded sympathetically at the butler. The poor man really did look shaken; his face was pale, his hands trembled slightly, and around his mouth was a thin white line. “I’m sure this is upsetting for all of you,”
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