"We'll have to be careful with those windows" I said to the resident gardener at the castle who had been requisitioned to help up-end A.P.'s double extension ladders which were now nearing the critical point of over balance, in reality a three-man job not a two-man.
Moments later the ladders were falling towards the white-washed castle walls and it was hit and miss regarding some of the 2nd floor windows, I gave the impression to the gardener that everything was under control but it was only luck there was no shattering noise...
A.P. left me with a request: "If I found myself at a loose end in the afternoon, could I sweep the chimney of the Great Hall?"
"No problem."
Left alone to ramble around I couldn't exactly identify the 'Great Hall', but covered up the fireplace in the Drawing Room as it had a vulnerable white three piece suite.
The Great Hall turned out to be in the basement and wasn't really that great at all but this only came to light after shoving a brush down from somewhere above the battlements, the dust and muck that came down the chimney had spread through it.
The thing was it was more or less a depository full of piled up stuff, mounted stags heads that were already dusty, innumerable dining chairs, heavyweight furniture, piles of paintings and the like. When A.P. came back home he never really noticed, "Mmmm.....yes, well at least we know that chimney's clear" were his exact words.
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