Fillets Of Plaice - Durrell Gerald

At that moment came a noise like somebody breaking the backbone of a whale and the palm leaf punka crashed straight onto the table, one end of it completely obliterating the District Commissioner. Oh my God! screamed Mary, upsetting her gin and tonic. I m terribly, terribly sorry, sir, said Martin to the invisible D.C.The palm fronds rustled and the D.C. s head appeared. He opened his mouth to say something - and then caught sight of a very hairy spider the circumference of a saucer making its way along the punka towards him...