I stayed in an Airbnb with holes in the panes of glass in the windows, a trapped rat in a cage outside the back door, and a drawer containing a bunch of wigs and one (hopefully fake) gun.
The whole place smacked of Mrs Havisham from Great Expectations, crossed with a shit ITV drama.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 17:06, Reply)

Miss Havisham, was it not? Apologies for potential pedantry.
I’d imagine if it was an itv drama there’d be a fairly beige but plucky detective making huge mistakes whilst a jilted old lady gets covered in more cobwebs before the unsettling mystery was solved.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 17:11, Reply)

You’re right, it was Miss Havisham.
I’m not super familiar with Great Expectations, having only read it once. It wasn’t as good as I’d hoped.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 17:13, Reply)

It wasn’t my favourite but the bbc adaptation was quite good.
Or seemed so when I was small.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 17:16, Reply)