audiobook The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero; Stephen Beresford in Arts-Photography

Description

With his louche air and a developed taste for smoking; gambling; port and women; itrsquo;s hard to believe Cis Farringdon is only fourteen. And thatrsquo;s because he isnrsquo;t. Agatha; his mother; lopped five years from her true age and his when she married the amiable Posket.Well; when I heard the new dad was a police magistrate; I was scared. Said I to myself; lsquo;If I donrsquo;t mind my Ps and Qs; the Guvrsquo;nor ndash; from force of habit ndash; will fi ne me all my pocket-money.rsquo;The imminent arrival of Cisrsquo; godfather sends Agatha incognito to the Hocirc;tel des Princes to warn him of her deception. But itrsquo;s also where her son has cajoled his otherwise staid stepfather into joining him for a binge. High-spirited carousing leads to a police raid and a night of outrageous mishap as the trapped guests make desperate attempts to conceal themselves from the law and from each other. Indignities escalate at court the next day where Posket; the police magistrate; must preside.