Blood in the Cotswolds
“Thea had walked Hepzie through the village and back, and was lying contentedly on the grass with a book. ‘This is the life,’ she sighed. Then she shook her head. ‘Though I can’t quite believe it. It reminds me of Frampton Mansell when Jocelyn stayed with me. It was sunny then, as well, and we lazed about in the garden, while everybody around us was killing each other.’ ‘Not a whisper of any killing here,’ he assured her. ‘Unless you let that snake out and it terrifies somebody to death. You did... say it wasn’t poisonous, didn’t you?’ ‘I can’t remember what I said, but it’s quite harmless. I think it’s even quite affectionate in a reptilian sort of way.’ She sighed. ‘I do love snakes. Isn’t it funny how some people are so paranoid about them?’ ‘Not at all funny when you consider that more people in India die of snakebite each year than any other cause.’ She gave him a stern look. ‘Is that really true?’ ‘Absolutely. It makes more sense to be scared of snakes than of spiders or bats or wasps, and all the other things that freak people out.’ ‘I wonder whether dogs are frightened of them.MoreLess
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