AtDTDA: (8) 230 Heaven Preserve King's

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            "Something's afoot," groaned the Cohen, with 
            an inflection of almost gastric distress. 230 8/9

            Something's Afoot is a murder mystery musical that 
            spoofs all-things-detective, mainly the works of 
            Agatha Christie, and especially her detective novel 
            Ten Little Indians.

            The book, music, and lyrics were written by James 
            McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach, with 
            additional music by Ed Linderman. The play is offered 
            by Samuel French, Inc.

            The play involves a group of people who are invited to 
            the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the 
            wealthy lord is found dead, its a race against the clock 
            To find out whodunnit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something's_Afoot

Of course, "Something's Afoot" is the ultimate British [tweedy] Dectective 
cliche.

          "And did somebody just blow up a train line?" 
     Lew feeling somewhat out of his deph here, "or . . ."

          "Tried to." she said, "thought about it, dreamed it, 
     or saw something---analogous to an explosion. 
     Death is a region of metaphor, it often seems."230 10/13

In all honesty, is there anything more "Harry Potter" in this book than:

     "Whom do we have at Cambridge, 

[Crowley was a student at Cambridge]

      keeping an eye on Renfrew?" inquired Madame E.

      "Neville and Nigel, I believe, They're up at King's"

[King's College Cambridge, features one of the world's finest Choirs]

      "Heaven preserve King's"

     "Michaelmas term in upon us," said the Cohen, 
      "and Miss Halfcourt begins her residence at Girton. 
      That might provide us just the occasion to have a 
      look in on the professor. . . ." 230. 19/24

Michaelmas:

     Michaelmas, Christian feast of St. Michael the 
     Archangel, celebrated in the Western churches 
     on September 29 and in the Eastern (Orthodox) 
     Church on November 8. In the Roman Catholic 
     Church, it is the Feast of SS. Michael, Gabriel, 
     and Raphael, archangels; in the Anglican Church, 
     its proper name is the Feast of St. Michael and 
     All Angels. 

          The cult of St. Michael began in the Eastern 
     Church in the 4th century and spread to Western 
     Christianity by the 5th century; 

the date of May 8 commemorates the dedication of a sanctuary to 
St. Michael at Monte Gargano in Italy in the 6th century. 

     Because of St. Michael's traditional 
     position as leader of the heavenly armies, 
     veneration of all angels was eventually incorporated 
     into his cult. 

          During the Middle Ages, Michaelmas was a great 
     religious feast and many popular traditions grew up 
     around the day, which coincided with the harvest in 
     much of western Europe. In England it was the custom 
     to eat a goose on Michaelmas, which was supposed
     to protect against financial need for the next year. 
     In Ireland, finding a ring hidden in a Michaelmas pie 
     meant that one would soon be married. 

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gedburnell/michaelmas.htm

Girton:

http://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/

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