Argosy, September 1955 — page 94: what you’re looking at

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g2 JOAN AIKEN scale,’ he said happily, delighted at a chance to get away from the folk-songs and country dances which he was obliged to play for the children. He brought his hands down on the keys in a prolonged, crashing, and discordant chord. ‘The leprechauns shuddered from top to toe, the maidens clenched their teeth, and the Wicked Countess had to grip the arms of her chair. Then Mr. Bond really started to play, and the noise was so awful that the whole enchanted Tower simply disintegrated, brick by brick. ‘The Countess and her maidens vanished away moaning into the forest, the leprechauns retired grumbling into their bushes again, and when the schoolmaster finished his piece and looked round, he was astonished to find himself seated at the piano in the middle of a forest glade. He had to ask the people from the village to help him back with the piano, and was at great pains to try and think up some explana- tion for its presence in the forest. They took no notice of what he said, however. “Ah, sure, ’tis only some whimsy of the Countess’s, the creature, bless her. What would the man expect, and he wander- ing about the forest on a May evening? ” After that, if by any chance Mr. Bond and the Wicked Countess met each other while walking in the forest, they said nothing at all, and each pretended that the other was not there. * * * ANSWERS to FOOD FOR THOUGHT on page 78 1. a. Crépes are pancakes, crotites are squares of fried bread b. Escargots are edible snails, escalopes are steaks of veal c. Fondant is a type of icing or bon-bon, fondue ts a savoury of melted cheese 2. a. Brillat-Savarin, the French gastronome b. Beau Brummell, when asked if he never ate vegetables c. George Bernard Shaw 3. a.Spain b.Scandinavia c.Hungary d.Italy e. India f. Russia 4. Mr. Beeton founded the magazine ‘The Queen, and edited The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine The correct order should be c. g. d. b. e. a. f. 6. No. Port should be circulated in a clockwise direction a comiclooks.conn