by Johnny Glover
Episode 97: "Thompson Would" (May 20th 2:45 pm)
Clunch leaned forward and spoke into Farcett's ear. In front of them, the
Worthington's also waited to see what Clunch had to say. 'I went into the
Peace Chapel a
minute
Suddenly getting
louder, Clunch shouted, 'Hummer got hold of Cedric Morgan by the neck and
he's gorn to smash his bloody skull to bits with a candlestick if we don't
get in there quick !' On the word 'smash', Yaxley was up out of his pew heading
towards the Peace Chapel. As he'd been in there the previous day with Anne
Worthington, he was able to lead the way. In his wake followed; Fiona, Clunch,
Anne, John and Darren Worthington. As they scuttled round the back of the
centre aisle towards the corridor they passed Graham Trent who was leaning
against a wall taking notes. He saw the Barnham contingent heading, conga-like,
in the direction of the Chapel and quickly followed, sensing that something
was afoot.
Thirty seconds later they crashed in through the Chapel door and all stood
transfixed as they registered the tableau before them. Hummer had taken the
cords from half a dozen chorister's gowns and had tied Morgan's wrists and
ankles to a chair. Hummer stood over him, obviously very distressed. He was
brandishing a gold candlestick, which he had taken from the small altar of
the most intimate and atmospheric of chapels in the historic building. Yaxley,
realising this was serious, quickly turned around to lock the door. The huge
key turned with a clunk and they waited for Hummer Thompson to speak.
He kept the Candlestick above his head like a javelin thrower about release
his payload and turned
his tear-streaked
face to the ensemble. 'The bugger ! He knew my dad wanted that land to go
to the village. Thought he'd make some dirty money out of it...I heard about
it this morning. Turns out he started his fiddling nearly twenty year agoo
!' Yaxley stepped forward and motioned to the others to sit down. Hesitantly,
they found places on the pews as Hummer looked on, confused. He had fully
expected to be manhandled to the ground and wasn't expecting an audience.
Yaxley sat down nearest to Hummer and Morgan, only a short leap away. Instead
of trying to surprise Hummer, he said. 'We're all here in the peace chapel
and I know what this place is like. I was here with Anne only yesterday'.
He turned to Mrs.Worthington and smiled. As she returned the smile, John
Worthington scowled and pulled at her arm, which she shrugged aside impatiently.
'Yes' continued Yaxley, 'I think we should all say a small prayer for a few
things. For the soul of Reg Dixon, who you all knew. For Hummer's dad and
the love he had for the village of Barnham. And lastly' and he said this
glaring at Morgan..'for all the people in the world who have greed in their
hearts.'
As Hummer made
the mistake of actually closing his eyes whilst praying, Yaxley bound forward
and snatched the candlestick from Hummer, who stood rooted to the spot with
his arm aloft like a startled Statue of Liberty. 'Nice one Farcett ! Nice
one' shouted Trent from his position at the back..'Now lock the silly old
bugger up..He can't threaten a Member of Parliament like that !' Yaxley turned
sharply, clutching the candlestick and barked at Trent, 'If you don't shut
your mouth, you'll get it'. Farcett then put his arm around Hummer and gently
sat the old man down, leaving Morgan open mouthed in his chair. 'What about
me ? Isn't someone going to let me go?' Fiona sighed and went forward to
untie her father, commenting that she agreed with Yaxley that he deserved
to have his brains bashed in.
After Morgan had been released and he had done a fair bit of rubbing his
ankles and wrists and had threatened to sue Hummer for everything he'd got
(which was rich seeing as how he had swindled a good proportion of his dads
estate already), Yaxley sat down in the seat Morgan had been tied to. He
took in the scene and realised that it was strangely Christiesque. His chair
was in the centre of the chapel and scattered around him on pews, chairs
and in the case of Trent, leaning against a wall, were all the main players
in the Reg Dixon case; Clunch Parsons, Hummer Thompson, Graham Trent, John
Worthington, Anne Worthington, Darren Worthington, Cedric Morgan and Fiona
Morgan.
Yaxley placed the candlestick back in its position on the altar and turned
to face his audience. Hummer had his head bent forward and appeared to be
repenting for his attack on Morgan.
Farcett coughed and said...'Let me take you back to the beginning...'
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Clunch Parsons
took a deep breath...'Yaxley ! It's Mr.Thompson, in the chapel, with the
candlestick !!' Farcett stared at him, believing that Clunch was in the grip
of some kind of Cluedo induced madness. The heads of many visitors to Ealham
Cathedral craned round to see what all the fuss was about. At the far end
of the cathedral, the graduates continued to file past the lectern to collect
their hard-earned degrees from the Bishop of Ealham. 'Clunch' hissed Yaxley,
'Tell me slowly and carefully what has happened'.
ago to
get some more hymnbooks and I saw Mr.Morgan in there. He was practising the
speech he's got to make later. Just kept wandering around repeating something
about 'straying from the path of righteousness' and giving a funny look into
this mirror. Anyway, Hummer came in to find me and saw the Welsh Windbag
standing there...' He realised Fiona was there and quickly nodded to her
and mumbled, 'err err no offence meant, Fiona'. Yaxley grabbed Clunch's sleeve.
'What's going on?'