A Line in the Sand
“The American had washed down the pork pie with 244 a dark pint from a wooden barrel and there had been salad with the pie.
In the car, the onion was still on Littelbaum's breath.
Markham hesitated before turning at the signpost to the village. A cattle-carrier lorry swerved past him and gave him a long blast on the horn. It was all as he remembered it. Ahead of him was the high water tower, the dominating feature, and the American gazed at it with a sort of awe but didn't speak. Beside him, fla...nking the road, was a small car-park and a sign "Toby's Walks: Picnic Area'. Away to the right was re wide, flat fields covered with half-moon Northmarsh, to the left we g shelters.
pi He swung the car on to the minor road. Of course it was the same. How could it be any different?
The American smiled apologetically and murmured that he needed, and badly, to relieve himself.
t was Markham drove into the car-park of the picnic area and saw wha ere different. Th were two men in an unmarked car, uniformed, wearing vlar vests and silly little baseball caps.MoreLess
In the car, the onion was still on Littelbaum's breath.
Markham hesitated before turning at the signpost to the village. A cattle-carrier lorry swerved past him and gave him a long blast on the horn. It was all as he remembered it. Ahead of him was the high water tower, the dominating feature, and the American gazed at it with a sort of awe but didn't speak. Beside him, fla...nking the road, was a small car-park and a sign "Toby's Walks: Picnic Area'. Away to the right was re wide, flat fields covered with half-moon Northmarsh, to the left we g shelters.
pi He swung the car on to the minor road. Of course it was the same. How could it be any different?
The American smiled apologetically and murmured that he needed, and badly, to relieve himself.
t was Markham drove into the car-park of the picnic area and saw wha ere different. Th were two men in an unmarked car, uniformed, wearing vlar vests and silly little baseball caps.MoreLess
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