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On a trip to the woods to swim, one in the group is warned not to sing before the wives can Get breakfast ready. Is it just a silly superstition? It originates to the apostle Peter, and a warning to keep nightly meetings secret, or face persecution from Romans, or other enemies of the church.
One newlywed gent relates his recent trip to Italy, and his scoffing the superstition. His good natured singing, and flippant behavior towards the unknown man in the room next door leads to the train being stopped that he and his bride were taking to other countries in Europe.
Little did he know, the complaining man next door was actually an official; who was being assassinated, and his flippancy was mistaken for the killer. Will he be able to convince the police he didn’t know anything about the diplomat? Clearly, he is telling the story to friends, so stay tuned to hear about his narrow escape, and the not so narrow escape from the local game warden.
Note: The game warden claims to have a “flivver” down by the road. The word was a common nickname for the old Model-T Fords of the early 20th century. Noted for being common, cheap, and mostly reliable. As they aged, they became iconic as the common teenage jalopy in later decades. Of course, any old car, with a wheel or two in the junkyard, could also be called a jalopy.
