"John Morressy - The Curse of the Von Krumplestein's and Other Horrors" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morressy John)

is rendered helpless by Anita de Groin, Special Operative of the Women's
Defense League. Timmy and Tommy go undercover and stay there, to
everyone's relief.
Chapter Five: In which Teddy begins school, unaware that he alone
holds the key to the secret of the Whistling Futon, and that the Wet Men
are already on his trail. In a carefully planned move, Edna reveals the Nine
Laws of Spontaneity. Desmond confronts the problem of those unsightly
yellow patches on the lawn while our hero prepares a delicious meal for
twelve for under two hundred dollars, including wine and all gratuities. All
major credit cards are accepted and quickly earn the respect of their
neighbors.
Chapter Six: In which Kate recounts the legend of the Gumbley girls
and their magic hair dryer and reveals the Sevenfold Way of Flossing. An
excerpt from Chapter LXXVI of High Wind in the Gabardines, a thrilling
tale of adventure, romance, and gastric discomfort aboard a British cruise
ship in the Napoleonic era, with a colorful insert map showing all
duty-free ports. With the help of the pookah, Irma discovers the missing
biscuits and clears Norman from suspicion, to the chagrin of Larsen's
henchmen. Jean-Pierre delivers a lengthy paper on the nature of reality
before leaving to inform Prince Wolfgang of his bootmaker's treachery.
Maude arrives at the State School for the Plain, where she wins the
coveted award for Most Astonishing Potholder.
Chapter Seven: In which little Grumbeletta encounters Prince Wolfgang
and dances the dance of the disoriented milkmaids. He is enchanted by
her grace and beauty, but when his comrades taunt him about chasing
milkmaids, he rides into the forest, laughing callously. Little Grumbeletta
does an exhausting series of fouettes and expires. The Omadhaun of Space
escapes the neutron storm, dodges an unfriendly asteroid, and lands safely
on Witherworld, where the entire crew cheerfully undergoes a sex change.
Off the Irish coast, Harry and Oliver confront the Spanish fleet in the
climactic battle of the war. On the French coast, the light gleams and is
gone. So is Walter.
Chapter Eight: In which our hero meets his match and is not
impressed. Little Grumbeletta appears to Prince Wolfgang in a dream,
accompanied by the spirits of angry shepherdesses who suffer severe lower
back pain from attempting to do the dance of the disoriented milkmaids
without proper training. Terence subjects them to a long analysis of the
bond market. The school bully kidnaps the faculty on the eve of Open
School Day and demands as ransom twelve useful tips on window
treatments. A mysterious telegram arrives. Little Tim loses it, but it is
recovered with the aid of Mitzi Pizzicato, plucky second violinist of the
Histrionic Philharmonic. A thing of beauty is a joy for thirty days, with no
obligation to purchase. Lamont reveals his true identity to Paula, who
then reveals her true identity to Morton, who has no true identity and
complains bitterly to Edna, who runs off with Walter, who has just
returned.
Chapter Nine: In which the Nose Fiend of Dusseldorf is brought to bay
by Inspector Flimme of the Sureti after a breathless chase through the
sewers of Paris and a deadly game of Hide-the-Monkey in the upper levels
of the Eiffel Tower. Jane returns home after an eleven years' absence to