A Splash of Red
“Could have happened any time. Heart in a terrible dickey state. Mother - strong woman that, by the way, remarkable fortitude - confirmed it.' Chief Inspector Portsmouth gave a shake of the head which under the circumstances was positively blithe. 'Mind if I do?' He poured himself another pale whisky and water, courtesy of Sir Richard Lionnel. 'What about you?' Jemima in turn shook her head.
'But why did it have to happen then?’ she asked despondently. 'When he'd told me so much - but not ev...erything. Not every detail. And he hadn't told you - second time round - anything at all. No sworn statement.' 'My old mother, another woman of remarkable fortitude, always used to say, "Into each life a little rain must fall.'" Pompey was maddeningly cheerful. You would not think, to look at his spare relaxed figure, once more installed in the gracious Country Lifestyle drawing room of Sir Richard Lionnel's flat, that he had just lost a prime witness in a murder case.
It was Tuesday evening and Pompey had invited himself over for an 'after-work chat' as he put it.MoreLess
'But why did it have to happen then?’ she asked despondently. 'When he'd told me so much - but not ev...erything. Not every detail. And he hadn't told you - second time round - anything at all. No sworn statement.' 'My old mother, another woman of remarkable fortitude, always used to say, "Into each life a little rain must fall.'" Pompey was maddeningly cheerful. You would not think, to look at his spare relaxed figure, once more installed in the gracious Country Lifestyle drawing room of Sir Richard Lionnel's flat, that he had just lost a prime witness in a murder case.
It was Tuesday evening and Pompey had invited himself over for an 'after-work chat' as he put it.MoreLess
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