Episode 6: Once More into the Fray

Larry has been hired by Katie Marchel to sue the Apple Cart Grocery for discrimination (Katie’s French, and Lauren makes her re-stock the French onion soup and the French fries . . . ) And then the call comes: the agency’s found a child for adoption.

And her name is Katie.

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Excerpt:

Larry goes to his study to draft a letter demanding that the Apple Cart Grocery cease and desist harassing his client, but of course he finds he cannot write such a letter, not to Lauren, she of the husky laugh that makes anyone nearby want to laugh too, even if it’s not clear what the joke is, who orders chocolate volcano cakes just for Larry, because she knows they’re his favorite.

. . .

Beatrix shoves his hand with her nose. You’re being ridiculous, she tells him.

“Once more into the fray,” he mutters.

And then he realizes he’s got it wrong. The Shakespearean quote is “Once more unto the breach.” From some forgotten dusty corner his brain dredges another, later part of the quote:

“Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
disguise fair nature with hard-favour’d rage.”

Can he find hard-favour’d rage against his friend?

No, he cannot.

And then he remembers “Once more into the fray” is actually a quote from the movie, The Grey. The movie where everyone dies in the end.

So much for the value of perseverance.