The Scarecrow
Three-part story from Whispers 3 featuring the Janus model Lucie Martin Part 1 - “This is a stick up” ‘What’s this?’ demanded Major Hartnall. ‘Whatever is this? I wasn’t aware we had a scarecrow in the house.’ Major Hartnall was of course exaggerating but then it did depend on what you were used to and Toby Hartnall, one could say, was one of the old school, a traditional gentleman. The sight therefore of Annabel entering the dining room for breakfast wearing roughly cut denim shorts and a T-shirt several sizes too large for her trim and shapely form was enough to make him see red. Annabel had been warned, by her mother who had herself been explicitly told by her friend Fiona that Major Hartnall was a bit of a stickler about standards. And if Annabel was to stay with him whilst Susan Barkley went off with Fiona on a weekend trip to Paris, well, Annabel had better watch her P’s and Q’s. Otherwise… ‘Otherwise what...