Death Has Deep Roots (2013)
“wrote Nap to his wife, “for I shall be busy all this afternoon in London, making the necessary contacts. Unless I can do some really good groundwork at this end I fear my trip will be largely wasted. However, the expenses are falling, in the long run, on public funds, so why worry?
“I ran into Angus McCann this morning in Shepherd Market. He had a beautiful black eye, someone had chewed the bottom off his left ear, and he could hardly speak for a plummy mouth. From what I could understand he’s ...now got a line on Mrs. Roper. He has found out that she’s connected, though distantly, with the gold smuggling and currency racket. I’m not at all sure how this ties up with our case, but it should make quite good ammunition for Macrea in cross-examination.
“I’m off now to the Société de Lorraine to try my charms on the French bureaucrats.”
“H’m,” said Mrs. Rumbold thoughtfully.
She read the letter again, turned it over to make sure there was no postscript, and then handed it down to Phylida Rumbold, who was lying on her stomach on the carpet.MoreLess
“I ran into Angus McCann this morning in Shepherd Market. He had a beautiful black eye, someone had chewed the bottom off his left ear, and he could hardly speak for a plummy mouth. From what I could understand he’s ...now got a line on Mrs. Roper. He has found out that she’s connected, though distantly, with the gold smuggling and currency racket. I’m not at all sure how this ties up with our case, but it should make quite good ammunition for Macrea in cross-examination.
“I’m off now to the Société de Lorraine to try my charms on the French bureaucrats.”
“H’m,” said Mrs. Rumbold thoughtfully.
She read the letter again, turned it over to make sure there was no postscript, and then handed it down to Phylida Rumbold, who was lying on her stomach on the carpet.MoreLess
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