Title: “SWEDISH”
Panel 1: A Victorian gentleman in a cape and top hat is walking up the steps of a well-to-do house in foggy olde London Town.
Panel 2: Now inside, the gentleman speaks – somewhat furtively – to a well dressed young man while several elaborately dressed ladies lounge about provocatively.
Gentleman: I believe you offer… Swedish
Young Man: That is a service we can provide sir. If the price is right…
Panel 3: The gentleman – with a look of unseemly eagerness – pulls out his billfold.
Gentleman: Money is no object!
Panel 4: The young man accepts a wad of cash and calls over one of the well dressed ladies.
Young Man: Maria, please see this gentleman to a room. He requires… Swedish
Maria: Of course. This way please, sir.
Panel 5: The Gentleman is in bed, with the blankets pulled up under his chin, a nightcap on his head and a look of childish delight on his face. Maria – fully clothed – is sitting on a chair reading from a child’s picture book.
Maria: En gång i tiden fanns det tre små grisar…
THE END
(Apologies to Kate Beaton)
