Drowning by Numbers Page #3

any lemon juice,

you'll have to do with one

chocolate pudding.

Oh Madgett...oh

come on Madgett

Cissy

I'm in no especial hurry

to assist your crimes.

Madgett, there's a

corpse in my house.

It's only

your husband.

The flies are

settling on him.

Brush them off,

use a newspaper.

Madgett, I want

legal aid, not a fly swat.

A great many things are dying

very violently all the time.

The best days for violent

deaths are Tuesdays

they are the

yellow paint days.

Saturdays are

second best, or worst.

Saturdays are

red paint days.

The Great Death

game is therefore

a contest between red paint

days and yellow paint days.

So far yellow paint

days are winning

by thirty one corpses

to twenty nine.

Whatever the colour,

a violent death is always

celebrated by a firework.

He is dead.

Well done, Madgett !

What did

he die of?

Well....he drowned.

- Did he?

- Of course

Why did

he die?

There's a strong

smell of alcohol.

So there is.

He drowned

in his bath,

due to

excessive drinking?

Unlikely.

Even in the most

disadvantageous circumstances,

human beings have an almost

involuntary desire to stay alive.

What's the

answer then?

- What's the reward?

- Reward?

Yes

What do I get for writing out

a death certificate that says :

"Death caused by drowning

after heart attack due to excessive drinking"?

Madgett I'm appalled!

I see.

What do you

want Madgett?

Well Cissy...

I'd have thought

you'd have guessed.

No, you tell me.

Is this the moment

when we leave the room?

Yes. The second

tub needs emptying.

Well?

Well...

A little bodily comfort

would be good for a start...

Madgett, I am

sixty one.

Aren't I too

old for you?

Were you too

old for him?

Cissy

You've not been unaware

of how I felt about you?

Well it's a bit

soon isn't it?

Smut which are you first?

A ghoul or a mathematician?

Neither I'm

just a clerk.

Modest!

I could wait...

a little while...

I think you'd have to,

to stop tongues wagging.

But not too long.

This is blackmail.

Yes.

If a player in the game of Dead

Man's Catch, drops a skittle

he is obliged to suffer a

succession of handicaps

First

to catch using one hand

then to catch

kneeling on one knee

then on two knees,

and then with one eye closed.

If a player finally drops a

catch with both eyes closed,

then he is out and must take

his place in the winding sheet.

Madgett, what sort

of game is this?

One to be

played with skill.

Some skill!

It's kids game..

That was a lousy

throw Smut.

Stop complaining

and use one hand.

Look Madgett this is no

time for playing games,

What would

everybody think?

Let them think

what they like.

Is Cissy upset?.

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