{"id":1692,"date":"2026-07-25T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:50:52","slug":"chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/25\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries211\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 26 The Almost True True Story of The Canneries211"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/24\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries210\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page211 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/26\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries212\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>BYSTANDER<\/strong><br \/>\nMarcus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BENET<\/strong><br \/>\nCorrect answer!<\/p>\n<p>Marcus, how much money do you have in your purse right now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCUS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Initially hesitant, but having seen BENET before, MARCUS is willing to join in. He knows that it\u2019s always worth telling the truth. Firstly, nobody wants to destroy BENET\u2019s humorous tale, and secondly, it might backfire on MARCUS if he tells any fibs.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>About one sovereign fifty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BENET<\/strong><br \/>\nMy word sir! You <em>are<\/em> rich!<\/p>\n<p>Well now \u2026 where was I \u2026 food!<\/p>\n<p>If Mr Marcus took Mrs Marcus out for a meal \u2026 he would be prepared to spend the entire contents of his purse, about one sovereign fifty, on a meal for two.<\/p>\n<p><em>(JULIA and MARCUS look at each other in amusement. The locals all know that they\u2019re brother and sister.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now I know, that\u2019s a lot of money \u2026 and he might not want to spend that much \u2026 but it wouldn\u2019t be a life threatening disaster if Mr and Mrs Marcus spent all that money on <em>one<\/em> lovely meal.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/24\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries210\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page211 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/26\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries212\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page211 \u2013 Next BYSTANDER Marcus. BENET Correct answer! Marcus, how much money do you have in your purse right now? MARCUS (Initially hesitant, but having seen BENET before, MARCUS is willing to join in. He knows that it\u2019s always worth telling the truth. Firstly, nobody wants to destroy BENET\u2019s humorous tale, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/25\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries211\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 26 The Almost True True Story of The Canneries211&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1693,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}