Feline lovers relax, there is no cat in a bag. It’s just a woman’s head.
This was a very silly story, full of coincidences and not much actual detective work. It even kicks off with a motorcycle race, and Lord Peter in his roadster is bringing up the rear. The first man in the motorcycle is looking to get away from the bag with a head in it. The second motorcyclist is trying to return the bag with the head in it. And Lord Peter thinks the bag contains some of his mother’s stolen jewels and not a head.
I assume Sayers meant it all as a joke, and taken in that spirit it works pretty well. Plus it made me look up what a charabanc is, as I’d forgotten. I swear I once knew, but that was a while ago and the word isn’t used much anymore. Apparently it’s pronounced “sharra-bang” in England and called a “charra” in Wales.
Alex Good 
You should add that to your word list!
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I’ve been picking up a few of those lately! Going to have to start posting them.
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I’d never heard that word before and I must have zipped right over it when I was doing my Wimsey read. Well, I know what it is now. I just hope it sticks in my head 🙂
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It’s not really essential, though there are some vehicles in touristy spots that could still be called charabancs so you may be able to impress somebody with it!
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If I want to impress people, I just tell them I blog. Since nobody knows what that is anymore either, they’re pretty impressed 😀
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It’s definitely one of the ancient arts now.
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Now I’m imagining you as Mr Miyagi and training some kid to learn blogging.
Wax on!
Wax off!
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you won’t, it’s French 🤣
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Darn frenchies, trying to sabotage my language!
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🥖🧑🏻🎨
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Ah, an entire culture summarized in a few emojis. It’s what we’ve come to.
🥞🍺🍁
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⚽️☔️💂
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😁
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