I like how we see her hand shadow in the top right corner almost missed because of the menacing shadow on the left (and the lovely purple pyjamas of our resident dame…….”All right pal, what’s this? A monkey, that’s right – oh, you don’t want to play charades anymore?”
Sorry for my ignorance, but what does the “1/6” mean at the bottom of each of the Ace Capelli novels?
Old British money, from before they went decimal in 1971. That’s “1 and 6” which is one shilling and six pence.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney
I like how we see her hand shadow in the top right corner almost missed because of the menacing shadow on the left (and the lovely purple pyjamas of our resident dame…….”All right pal, what’s this? A monkey, that’s right – oh, you don’t want to play charades anymore?”