"I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman.
'What a lovely bible, ' Mrs. Tribly said.
'Isn't it just?' I replied, hoping she would not ask me to read a favorite verse aloud.
I do not believe the psalmist wrote, <p/>Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum." <p/>The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. <p/>Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.
