A Mean Deal

Gobby arrived at the Local to find it was so full she was unable to join the rest of the Regulars at the table and was forced to sit herself in an annex.

With the aid of a pack of cards she declared she would, until space was vacated by those, unlike the Regulars, able to leave the Local before being thrown out, resign herself to a solitary game of patience.   During this she did, however, feel it was unnecessarily harsh of Billy Idle to suggest she tried her hand at silence instead.

As the evening wore on and Gobby rejoined the pack, Spudgirl could not fail to be impressed as Billy enticed her with his card trick expertise whilst Ol' blue Eyes declared it was a shame it didn't work for horses!