Fawcett's Python

=Summary= A new lodger, Marilyn, moves in and Miss Jones feels the moral climate of the household has nosedived since her arrival; with the curate coming that evening to rehearse for the forthcoming concert, she is worried he’ll think she’s unﬁt to take to the church stage. Although the men in the house are smitten by the new tenant, Rigsby realizes how upset Miss Jones is and decides Marilyn will have to leave, especially when he starts thinking she’s a prostitute. He breaks the news to the blonde, brassy negligee-wearing Marilyn, but when he discovers she’s only an exotic dancer he reconsiders and allows her to stay. What he didn’t realize was that she has brought a pet snake with her, and the sight of Charlie the python sends Rigsby scampering from her room.

When Philip sees the snake he grasps the opportunity to frighten Rigsby by telling him it's a highly dangerous Fawcett’s python. Rigsby tells Marilyn that the snake must go, only to ﬁnd he’s already gone and is somewhere in the garden. When the curate visits Miss Jones that evening, Rigsby has a bright idea. He borrows Philip’s stuffed snake with the intention of frightening the churchman away, but his childish prank backﬁres.