SAY GOODBYE TO ARCHIE: A Rex Graves Mini-Mystery - Plot & Excerpts
A small ceremony will be held at the Poplars on Sunday at four. RSVP “You must go, Reginald,” Rex’s mother said in her genteel Edinburgh dialect. Summer rain spattered the panes behind the net curtains of the front parlour, where they were taking tea. “Archie meant the world to Patricia. And you know I can’t travel that far.” “Even if we went down by train?” His mother was terrified of public transport, but driving hundreds of miles in a car proved even more of a problem for her. Rex really didn’t want to go by himself. He didn’t want to go at all. Patricia Forsyth was a batty old lady, a boarding school chum of his mother’s from before the advent of television. His mother had had him late in life, as had Patricia her own two children. “No, son, you go on my behalf. I’ll telephone Patricia with my regrets.” “How old was Archie?” “Eighteen. A good age for a cat. But that won’t help ease her grief. He was her muse and constant companion, her reason for being.”
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