Topical Guide 369
Mark Dorset
Secrecy and Secrets, Stashes and Caches
Herb kept a metal box on the shelf under his workbench in the cellar. It was painted green, with a white skull and crossbones painted on the top. … It was here, I’m sure, that Herb kept his coarse goods, sketches for new ideas that came to him from time to time, and a few experimental prototypes.
Lorna kept some of hers, I believe, in her kitchen canisters, under the flour, the sugar, the corn meal, the rice, and the oatmeal. …
That night, for dessert, we had pineapple upside-down cake, which was a favorite of mine at the time.
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