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75%, day 17. I thank you.

:sigh: any ideas of off behaviour I could use as faintly suspicious for the toff who's pretending to be a servant? I want at least a couple of off notes in his behaviour - all I've got currently is that the toff who's his brother talks to him more as a mate than a servant. I can't use the Sherlock Holmes test of, say, appearance of hands because said toff works on the boats and his nominal 'job' includes this, and it's common knowledge that he's only valeting to help out. (and it doesn't help that his accent is different enough that the other servants couldn't tell what was posh or working class for the county he comes from)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8365494.stm - landslide threatening Local hero village. Bloody clay-based rocks.

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[gmh.livejournal.com]

Shameless Sayers reference: being able to tie a bow tie, but only poorly?

(For those who don't know the reference: Bunter says to Lord Peter that the mark of a gentleman is to know how to, but not to be very good at it - as it would be something your gentleman would do for you.

Conversely, knowing how to tie one too well would imply that you didn't have a gentleman to do it.

Bunter's comment to Wimsey's efforts, was IIRC 'A little too perfect, milord'. Must look it up.)