Enter a Murderer
“Nigel, Alleyn and Bailey did not speak, but fell back a little. Nigel was still shaken by his escape from the chandelier. He felt bewildered, and watched, without thinking, the rubber soles of a pair of dilapidated tennis shoes come down, rung by rung. The man did not turn his face away from the wall until he had completed his descent. Then he swung round slowly.
Bailey moved forward and seized his arm.
“Now then — you,” he said.
“Don’t you act old-fashioned at me,” snarled the man....
“Just a minute, Bailey,” said Alleyn. Bailey stared indignantly round.
“You’re the property master,” said Alleyn. The man stood with his heels together and his hands held tidily at the seams of his trousers. His face was long, thin, and white; with eyebrows that grew together. He looked fixedly at a spot on the scenery above the inspector’s head.
“Yessir,”MoreLess
Bailey moved forward and seized his arm.
“Now then — you,” he said.
“Don’t you act old-fashioned at me,” snarled the man....
“Just a minute, Bailey,” said Alleyn. Bailey stared indignantly round.
“You’re the property master,” said Alleyn. The man stood with his heels together and his hands held tidily at the seams of his trousers. His face was long, thin, and white; with eyebrows that grew together. He looked fixedly at a spot on the scenery above the inspector’s head.
“Yessir,”MoreLess
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