Episode #1187

[CTP/FITBs]

[It's up to the first poster to come up with a set up, and then each following post will either complete it or fill in the blank(s). And, as always, whoever posts the set up is certainly allowed to post their own completion/fill in as a follow up.]

[Lydia]

Setup:

Gabriel was in ecstasy over his own cleverness.  Why, just the other day, the new housemaid had caught him playing jump rope in his room, and he had persuaded her that...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Gabriel was in ecstasy over his own cleverness.  Why, just the other day, the new housemaid had caught him playing jump rope in his room, and he had persuaded her that he wasn't standing on his own because in actuality invisible angels were holding him up so that he could get some exercise!!

[MagnusTrask]

she was sleeping on the job and dreaming

[Uncle Roger]

Her name was Alice, her husband's name was Andy, they come from Alabama and they sell apples

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Very inventive, Magnus and Uncle Roger!!   

[Uncle Roger]

Thanks, MB!