Miss Sillithorpe’s Hobby
Elizabeth Chater
Miss Sillithorpe’s Hobby
Elizabeth Chater
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“Miss Sillithorpe’s Hooby” Copyright 1958 Elizabeth Chater
Originally published in Saint Mystery Magazine under the name Lee Chaytor.
Cover Photo by Laurin Rinder
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Miss Sillithorpe’s Hobby
“If Scotland Yard’s come up with a psionic detective, God help the poor criminal,” murmured the Very Important Personage, glancing over the latest Honours List. “It hardly seems sporting, somehow. I mean, the odds will be so uneven.”
“I’ll take issue with that,” drawled the lean, distinguished gentleman with the pointed ears. “The better the sleuth, the more dangerous the antagonists he unearths. Jamie Jarvis is an amazing chap, granted; but he’s had to give best to the Powers of Darkness a time or two that I know of.”
“Oh—if you’re going to go spooky on us—” Shrugged the VIP, opening his cigar case.
“Aren’t all criminals either the pawns or the agents of the Will to Evil?” smiled the man with the pointed ears. “Still, if it’ll relieve your mind, there isn’t a man in England less spooky than the estimable Mr. Jarvis—Lord Jarvis, as now is. He’s got the wholesome, guileless face and the nice behavior of a well-brought-up ten year old. You’re fighting the impulse to pat him on the head and give him a half a crown, when you find yourself impaled by those searching gray eyes—pinned down and thoroughly scrutinized—and suddenly you are the ten year old and Jamie Jarvis is the most redoubtable of Nannies. And believe me, the Father image isn’t in it with a nice, conscientious, uncompromising Nanny.”