A toast to good help
Aug 17, 2022
3 minutes
I pay my gamekeeper every other Friday night in the tap room of the Drum and Monkey. He is to be found, with monotonous regularity, studying his hand of dominoes in a never-ending game of five and threes.
Outside in the shed, which stands on one side of the inn yard, he tidily stacks his working tools; obviously his barrow, shovel and broom are clearly stamped with the name of the county council.
A pint of old and mild settles my fortnightly account and in return the old boy gives a full report of any activity
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