Lord Noel On Halloween Costumes

Whatto! Pepys...

A couple I know were invited to a swanky masked Halloween Party this year, but his wife got a terrible migraine prior to them leaving. After some discussion, she persuaded her husband to go to the party alone. He, being a devoted husband protested, but she explained and said she was going to take some strong aspirin and go to bed, and "there was no need for his good time to be spoiled by not going". So he finally agreed and taking his costume, away he went.
The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, and as it was still early, she decided to go to the party after all. In as much as her husband had not yet seen her costume so did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him.
She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice young thing he could, groping a little here and a kissing a little there.
His wife sidled up to him and being a rather seductive lady herself, he immediately left his 'dance partner' high and dry and devoted his time fully to the new 'distraction' that had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband. Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off they went to a nearby store room and had a little 'one on one'.
Just before the agreed time for unmasking at midnight, she quietly slipped away and went home and, putting the costume away, she got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation her husband would make for his behaviour.
She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of a time he had. He said, "Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there." Then she asked, "Did you dance much?" He replied, "Honestly? I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Peter, William Brown and some other chaps, and we went into the study and played poker all evening. But I'll tell you, the chap I leant my costume to told me later that he'd had a marvelous time!"


Tallyho!

Best Wishes - Lord Noel




  They got dressed up in their finery and put on their masks and rang up to arrange for their taxi with growing excitement. But twenty minutes or so before it was due to arrive she began feigning sickness! The husband was obviously concerned but in the end his wife persuaded him to go on alone