Calamity in Kent, a British Library Crime Classic (2015)
Calamity in Kent, a British Library Crime Classic
“She must have been completely mystified by my apparent disappearance. For, you must remember, I had set out that morning for a pre-breakfast walk, and had immediately got mixed up in this mysterious case. It was teatime when I got back, bearing the two all-important notebooks.
“Mr. London!” she exclaimed as she met me in the hall on my return. “I thought that you had got lost. I was thinking of going to the police about you.”
I grinned rather shamefacedly. “I’m very sorry, Mrs. Cecil,” ...I said. “You see, I met an old friend of mine from Fleet Street, and he rushed me off to London. It was a matter of a possible job, where I had to get there without delay. Only by getting there quickly was it possible to be sure that I should be considered. And I’m nearly well now, you know, so that I could go into the matter.”
“And did you get the job?” she asked, looking at me, I thought, rather suspiciously.MoreLess
“Mr. London!” she exclaimed as she met me in the hall on my return. “I thought that you had got lost. I was thinking of going to the police about you.”
I grinned rather shamefacedly. “I’m very sorry, Mrs. Cecil,” ...I said. “You see, I met an old friend of mine from Fleet Street, and he rushed me off to London. It was a matter of a possible job, where I had to get there without delay. Only by getting there quickly was it possible to be sure that I should be considered. And I’m nearly well now, you know, so that I could go into the matter.”
“And did you get the job?” she asked, looking at me, I thought, rather suspiciously.MoreLess
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