Murder Mystery at Merkister Hall

The Parsifal Palace was transformed on friday evening into Merkister Hall, home of Lotta and Brigadier Balderdash aka Emily and Angus. Everyone was dressed in 1930's attire and played a character at the dinner table. I was Gaye Gordon, a fiery authoress. The living room was also a little dressed up. A grandfather clock and a blazing fireplace, both lovingly handcrafted from cardboard and poster paints truly made the atmosphere all the more real.
Scripted conversations led us closer to solving the mystery and provided spoonfulls of laughter here and there. A whole cup of giggles spilt when Larissa aka Iona Cane, a teacher at the dinner, revealed that she had been accused of exposing herself in front of her class. The accusation was proved wrong, thank goodness. Lotta looked beautiful, seated beside Brigadier whose face was fitted with a cardboard spectacle. Utter brilliance!
When the soup had been eated and the cake was being served we talked amongst ourselves momentarily and speculated about who had murdered Levisham, the Balderdash's butler. The truth was told by the inspector and came as no surprise to some. The man of the house, Brigadier Balderdash had done it. In the billiard room with a sword. Killed his own butler, a loving friend of the family. Outrageous!