{"id":24870,"date":"2025-09-03T21:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24870"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:18:15","slug":"a-moveable-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24870","title":{"rendered":"A Moveable Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Moveable Feast<\/em><\/a> (2025) Jennifer Ashley<\/a> (A Below Stairs Mystery #7.6)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Set in London in 1884<\/p>\n

Mrs Bywater really is a horror.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, the day before Easter, Mrs. Bywater, the mistress of the house, sailed into my kitchen in a rather somber gray frock and announced that I would be cooking Easter dinner at the home of her friend, Lady Babcock, in Portman Square.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, really!<\/p>\n

As we continued the work, I heard a familiar click of heels in the passageway, heralding the arrival of Mrs. Bywater. She gazed about the room when she arrived, focusing on the foodstuffs still waiting to be put into their crates.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeave nothing behind,\u201d she admonished me. \u201cAll these vegetables, all these potatoes. They should already have been packed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot those.\u201d I shielded a basket of leftover produce. \u201cI purchased them for this house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you?\u201d Mrs. Bywater widened her eyes. \u201cThen they come with us. Lord Rankin will reimburse you through your wages.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI put them on the marquess\u2019s account, ma\u2019am.\u201d I bobbed a shallow curtsey as though I was in awe of saying the word marquess.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, well, in that case.\u201d Mrs. Bywater backed away from the argument. \u201cBe sure to pack what is ours, including what you\u2019ve already cooked. We can dine on that for a few days. And all of the wine. Close up those crates, Tess, before someone takes anything.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not kidding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs his lordship all right?\u201d I asked Mrs. Bywater. \u201cConsidering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLord Babcock is made of stern stuff,\u201d Mrs. Bywater said decidedly. \u201cHe still has an heir, so all is not lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jane blinked at this callous statement, but she quickly dropped her gaze and helped Tess nail the crates shut.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Bywater winced as Tess gave her crate a hard blow with a hammer. Mrs. Bywater sniffed, looked over the kitchen once more, and thankfully took herself away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was right,\u201d Jane said once we heard Mrs. Bywater retreat and the backstairs door slam. \u201cShe is a cow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough,\u201d I told her, but gently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Mrs. Kat Holloway Daniel McAdam, James McAdam, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Bywater, Mr. Thanos, Lady Cynthia Clifford, Tess, Lady Babcock, Lord Babcock, Lady Margaret, Lord Alfred Charlton, Desmond Charlton, Mary, Jane, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Seabrook, Armitage, Bishop Norris, Catherine and Thomas Bowler, Alice Hodgkinson, Caroline Hodgkinson, Cuthbert Hodgkinson, Miss Jordan, Inspector McGregor, Detective Sergeant Scott<\/p>\n

Cover by Kim Killion<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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