Blood And Judgement (2012)
“said Barstow. “Heaven knows, it isn’t a thing I like doing, going outside the division and the district, but if they leave me short of my proper establishment, and send one of my only two available divisional inspectors to America on exchange – and what he’s going to learn there, you tell me – and the other goes and gets himself kicked on the head, like a rookie–”
“Perhaps I could–” said Haxtell.
“Certainly not. You’re nearly past the post with Corinne Hart. It’d be stupid to put someone else o...n to that now.” He paused, and glared round as if waiting for contradiction. When none came he said, “How is Gover?”
“I looked in at the hospital this morning,” said Petrella. “He’s still unconscious.”
He himself had a big blue bruise in the middle of his forehead, and the corner of his right eye was held together by a strip of sticking plaster.
“You don’t look more than two parts conscious yourself,” said Barstow amiably. He stared at the blotting paper in front of him.MoreLess
“Perhaps I could–” said Haxtell.
“Certainly not. You’re nearly past the post with Corinne Hart. It’d be stupid to put someone else o...n to that now.” He paused, and glared round as if waiting for contradiction. When none came he said, “How is Gover?”
“I looked in at the hospital this morning,” said Petrella. “He’s still unconscious.”
He himself had a big blue bruise in the middle of his forehead, and the corner of his right eye was held together by a strip of sticking plaster.
“You don’t look more than two parts conscious yourself,” said Barstow amiably. He stared at the blotting paper in front of him.MoreLess
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