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The next of Dorothy Sayers\u2019 Peter Wimsey mysteries is The Nine Tailors<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/i>, which I enjoyed thoroughly this time around, and more than the first time I read it. And the most interesting thing about it is that the mystery is the least interesting thing about it.<\/p>\n

Lord Peter is traveling through the Fen Country on New Year\u2019s Eve, and has a flat tire in the snow; and once rescued by the vicar of Fenchurch St. Paul finds himself dragooned to spend the night ringing bells. It seems that one of the local bell ringers is ill; and the vicar has his heart set on ringing fifteen thousand, eight hundred and forty Kent Treble Bob Majors, and thus equalling a bell-ringing record set in 1868.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the world of English bell ringing, the source of the phrase \u201cringing the changes\u201d. The point seems to be to ring a peal of bells (in this case, a full peal of eight bells), one bell at a time, so as to go through every possible permutation of the eight bells. There are numerous paths through this set of permutations; I gather that Kent Treble Bob Major is one such pattern. Church bells are given names, and the largest bell in the steeple Fenchurch St. Paul is called \u201cTailor Paul\u201d; and when a man dies, Tailor Paul is tolled nine times.<\/p>\n

Lord Peter leaves with good memories, and is cheerfully drawn back when an unexplained corpse is found some months later. There\u2019s quite the mystery involved with it; but really, the book is a portrait of the people and landscape of the Fen Country. I found it charming, and enjoyed it thoroughly.<\/p>\n

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