A Little Learning
“Bit of all right she was, thought Paul, as he followed her appreciatively into the office. Not much more than mid-twenties, he judged, and voluptuous with it. Not at all what he had expected of the police. He wouldn’t mind giving her one, that DS Blake, when this was all— ‘Right kettle of fish you’ve dropped yourself in here, lad! Stinking fish, too! Can’t see either of you coming out of it smelling too sweet!’ The man who had so rudely shattered Paul’s bedroom visions was stocky and powerful, ...with a shining bald head fringed with jet-black hair and a matching black moustache beneath very dark eyes. He had delivered his series of opening observations with mounting vehemence and increasing satisfaction.
Peach sat behind the Bursar’s huge, leather-topped desk as if he had occupied the chair for years, not minutes, and gave Paul the impression that he devoured students for breakfast each day. His black eyebrows lowered themselves over the charcoal eyes, whose pupils seemed to bore like gimlets into Paul’s inner thoughts.MoreLess
Peach sat behind the Bursar’s huge, leather-topped desk as if he had occupied the chair for years, not minutes, and gave Paul the impression that he devoured students for breakfast each day. His black eyebrows lowered themselves over the charcoal eyes, whose pupils seemed to bore like gimlets into Paul’s inner thoughts.MoreLess
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