Boogie-Woogie15 May 2013 03:06
The Dowager Duchess of Ytoons, one's great aunt, was a noted clairvoyant. It is from her, one flatters oneself, that one inherited the gene of second sight, particularly in relation to stock-picking. Sadly, her inner eye was not of sufficient sensitivity - she failed to foresee King George V, stirrups asunder and copious royal bottom athwartships, cantering down The Mall in the winter of 1913, his mount frothing at the bit.
Her remains were buried at the church of St Snoot-the-Charitable, in Snooty-under-Water, family seat of the Snootys since before the Conquest. The formidable curmudgeon lies beneath a handsome obelisk, on which is inscribed the legend, 'Trampled by a King but Caressed by Angels'.