The Lease of the “Cross Keys

Jerome Klapka Jerome, an English writer who is mostly known for as the author of the novel 'Three Men In A Boat' and 'The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow'. Jerome's stories are full of sardonic humour and often based on his own experience anf feelings. There is going to be a sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral delivered by the Bishop himself! This is a special occasion indeed! That means that any newspaper considering itself serious and God-fearing must send a reporter to the sermon. Bur we are interested in one particular reporter. This gentleman looks very respectable which is unusual for a reporter. Nevertheless he's got his own vices, don't we all have them? And his vice is the love for gin. So he takes a couple of mugs before the sermon and falls asleep. What will happen next? Read this brilliant story and you will know!