The Mission Song
“I was further consoled to discover that, far from being on terra incognita, I had entered a Chat Room in miniature. From an unobtrusive service door not dissimilar to its Whitehall equivalent we proceeded along a soot-stained corridor festooned with overhead cables to a defunct boiler room turned audio centre. Technologically, it was true, we were a far cry from Mr Anderson’s state-of-the-art wonderland, but with a lick of green paint, and a couple of his famous hortatory notices on the wall, I... could well fancy myself back in the catacombs of Northumberland Avenue with the shadowy march of unindoctrinated feet crossing our cellar windows.
Watched intently by Maxie and Spider, I took stock of the somewhat antediluvian arrangements. The cables from the corridor fed into a Meccano grid with two banks of tape recorders, six to a bank and each recorder numbered and labelled according to its task.
‘RA, Skipper?’ I enquired.
‘Royal apartments.’ ‘And GS?’ ‘Guest suite.’ I toured the labels: RA/drawing room, RA/bedroom one, RA/bedroom two, RA/study, RA/hall, RA/bathroom & wc, GS/living room, GS/bedroom, GS/bathroom, verandah west, verandah east, stone steps upper, stone steps lower, walkway, gravel paths 1, 2 and 3, gazebo, porch, conservatory.MoreLess
Watched intently by Maxie and Spider, I took stock of the somewhat antediluvian arrangements. The cables from the corridor fed into a Meccano grid with two banks of tape recorders, six to a bank and each recorder numbered and labelled according to its task.
‘RA, Skipper?’ I enquired.
‘Royal apartments.’ ‘And GS?’ ‘Guest suite.’ I toured the labels: RA/drawing room, RA/bedroom one, RA/bedroom two, RA/study, RA/hall, RA/bathroom & wc, GS/living room, GS/bedroom, GS/bathroom, verandah west, verandah east, stone steps upper, stone steps lower, walkway, gravel paths 1, 2 and 3, gazebo, porch, conservatory.MoreLess
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