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Lord bucKles
Lady bucKles
When the lights went off I was playing a
rousing game of snooker with my good
lady wife, the Lady Buckles. We were
laughing and making quite a noise,
having to talk over the TV in the back
sitting room where CT was watching
some kind of quiz show. My wife
doesn’t like the dark, never has, so she
insisted on me holding her hand
throughout. Quite sweet really. As
soon as the lights came on, CT
immediately entered the snooker
room to enquire if we were OK. He
seemed a little rattled and had a long
bathrobe on. Then we walked from
the snooker room to the front hall to
meet the others.
I was beating my husband at snooker
when the lights went off. Concerned he
might use the opportunity to move the
balls around the table, and maybe pot
a few while he was at it, I insisted on
holding his hand. We told each other
jokes to pass the time and when the
lights came back on CT came in to
check we were OK. What a lovely man
he is! So charming. Then we all
walked up to the front hall to join
Macleod, his guest, Nigella and
Letitia, who were already gathered
there. I noticed some mud on the
hem of Letitia’s dress. I commented
on it, at which point Letitia became
quite annoyed with me. I suppose I
can be a little nosy.
At about 4 pm I went to have a bath,
washed my hair, changed into my robe
and came into the back sitting room at
4.47 pm to watch the TV for a bit. There
was a hospital drama on, my favourite
show. I was feeling very relaxed and
must have dozed off in the chair. That
would have been around 4.50 pm. I
awoke again at 5.25 pm when the lights
came back on. I got up and went into
the next room to see if Lord and Lady
Buckles were both OK, then we all went
to the front hall to meet the others.
LetiTia TibbIns
(sister of Christopher)
Nigella and I went into the conference
room at about 4.55 pm to have a private
chat. She was annoyed about
something or other. We played rock
paper scissors to pass the time while the
lights were off but then we got bored
and decided to go and meet everyone
else in the front hall. We must have been
waiting there for about five minutes
before everyone else showed up.
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ChristoPher TibBins (ct)
Letitia and I went into the conference
room to admire the lovely drapes in
there. I wanted to show them to her as I
knew she would appreciate the pattern.
We were standing at the window when
the lights went out. I remembered that
Macleod had said that if anything
happened we were to gather in the
front hall, so Letitia and I went straight
there to wait for the others. We must
have been standing there for about 15
minutes. I can’t remember what we
spoke about. We were just admiring the
drapes. They are very lovely. And then
we went straight to meet Macleod and
his guest.
NigeLla TrouT (friend of Letitia)