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104 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1939
The old Brewster ladies are really a hoot! Home is Brooklyn and Martha and Abby are set in their ways with their cadaverous routines, but just as sweet as can be (hehehe) as they welcome prospective lodgers in for a glass of their own special blend of elderberry wine.
Nephew Teddy (Roosevelt that is) resides in the Brewster home too CHARGING around reeking havoc blowing his bugle as he plans attacks on the enemy often retreating down (the cellar) to Panama to dig locks for the canal.
Did I mention that insanity runs rampant in the Brewster family?
Nephew Mortimer often shows up to check on the "old gals" and Teddy, but it's not until he begins searching for the misplaced envelope that trouble really starts to brew!
Wonderfully funny! Superb Ending! (hehehe)
If you have a couple spare hours or need a break from a chunkster you're reading or just need a few laughs, I highly recommend ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!
ABBY. His name's Hoskins - Adam Hoskins. That's really all I know about him - except that he's a Methodist.
MORTIMER. That's all you know about him? Well, what's he doing here? What happened to him?
MARTHA. He died.
MORTIMER. Aunt Martha, men don't just get into window seats and die.
ABBY. (Silly boy.) No, he died first.
MORTIMER. Well, how?
ABBY. Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.
MORTIMER. How did the poison get in the wine?
MARTHA. Well, we put it in wine because it's less noticeable - when it's in tea it has a distinct odor.