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Whops and Clobber
contractors. He drew up a shopping list and instructed
Dotty and Cassie to go into town.
To the further surprise of the inmates the
Brass had been excluded from the guest list for
dinner. Mr Humphries seemed sublimely indifferent to
being the sole male amongst a gathering of eightyfour
females.
“Tonight is a new beginning,” he told them. “I
have appointed Cassandra Cassidy as the new head
chef of the facility and have given her a generous
budget to ensure that the quality of food available is
considerably improved. Over the next few weeks we
will be outfitting new kitchens and will become selfsufficient.
I will establish a rotational kitchen roster
and everybody in this room will participate in the
preparation of the meals that we share.”
The inmates were astonished. A superb tomato
and corn soup with fresh basil was followed by crab
cakes with avocado garnish. To finish they were
served a raspberry trifle with nectarine sauce. To
their even greater amazement on each of the tables
the Grand Master had provided several bottles of a
2000 Gary Farrell Rochioli-Allen Pinot Noir from the
Russian River Valley vineyard that delightfully offered
a combination of tart-cherry, lavender, minerals and
spices.
In Ms Lawton’s day alcohol had been strictly
prohibited. Anybody found with booze was publicly
flogged in front of the other inmates. An inmate
named Bernadette Summers ran an underground
operation supplying illicit hooch and other prohibited