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    Lord Mustard
    Lord Mustard
    Lord Mustard
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    Lord Mustard

    By David Elvar

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    Lord Mustard is broke. No, actually, he’s seriously broke. His cook hasn’t been paid in months, Mustard Manor is falling down around his ears, and he has a telephone bill to pay. He needs money but how to make it, that’s the question. But he manages, and by becoming something no lord has ever been before: he becomes a street entertainer, a tap-dancer. But not the usual kind of tap-dancer...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Elvar
    Release dateDec 13, 2009
    ISBN9781452377520
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      Lord Mustard - David Elvar

      LORD MUSTARD

      David Elvar

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2009 David Elvar

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      It was a sunny Monday morning when Lord Mustard got his telephone bill.

      He sat at his breakfast table and glared at it over his breakfast egg. The bill was for £27.14p, which isn’t a lot of money to a lord but is an awful lot of money to a lord as broke as Lord Mustard.

      ‘It’s that Mrs. Wrinkle again,’ he muttered, picking up a little bell beside his plate and giving it a shake. ‘Cooks shouldn’t make phone calls or if they do then they should jolly well pay for them.’

      Mrs. Wrinkle appeared in the doorway of the dining-room, looking as miserable as ever.

      ‘Yes?’ she sighed rudely. ‘What is it this time?’

      ‘It’s this bill,’ said Lord Mustard. ‘Have you been phoning your sister again?’

      ‘I had to!’ said Mrs. Wrinkle. ‘She’s not been well and the cat caused an accident chasing a bus. I had to make sure she was all right.’

      ‘Who, the cat or your sister?’

      ‘My sister, silly! The cat’s caused so many accidents, we don’t worry about it any more. Chase anything, that cat will.’

      ‘Well, I’m sorry and all that,’ said Lord Mustard, ‘but you still can’t go making phone calls willy-nilly. We can’t afford it.’

      ‘We can’t afford anything!’ said Mrs. Wrinkle crossly.

      ‘That’s not my fault,’ said Lord Mustard just as crossly. ‘It’s not my fault the entire family fortune was spent before I even inherited it.’

      ‘I never said it was,’ said Mrs. Wrinkle, ‘but it is your fault

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