Finessing the King: An Agatha Christie Short Story. Агата Кристи

Talk of red herrings.’

      Tuppence laughed shamelessly.

      ‘Be a sport, Tommy. Try and forget you’re thirty-two and have got one grey hair in your left eyebrow.’

      ‘I was always weak where women were concerned,’ murmured her husband. ‘Have I got to make an ass of myself in fancy dress?’

      ‘Of course, but you can leave that to me. I’ve got a splendid idea.’