Arthur gave Agares a fierce glare, but before he could flip the Red Devil the finger, he heard a half-smiling cough by his ear.
Blackwell evidently knew Arthur's dark past; the first time he heard that the Sir had crawled out of a coffin, he laughed so hard he couldn't straighten his back.
What Arthur didn't know was that among the embassy's staff, some British-style jokes about his reanimation were circulating in private.
Such as:
The heart pierced, the person not; public resentment, fate dismal. Sir Arthur crawled out of the coffin, saying there were more people to manage.
What does Sir Arthur Hastings' tale of reanimation tell us? It tells us even God must give a diligent civil servant three days off!
The trendiest sign at London Coffin Shop this year—Sir Arthur Hastings used our coffins, and though he left it after three days, he said it was the most comfortable he'd ever laid in!
Of course, Blackwell would never inform Arthur of these jokes.
