Fear to Tread (2013)
“The girls knocked off at four o’clock and by half-past four Sammy was sitting in the dining-room with a cup of tea, thinking about things.
On the one hand he had just discovered that he had lost the boxing medal which he always carried as a lucky charm in his waistcoat pocket. On the other hand his wages, two rather used- looking pound notes, were safe in his wallet; and by twelve o’clock next day he would be free for the week-end. On balance, it seemed all right.
He finished his tea and turned over the pages of a magazine. It was one that the blonde girl had left behind and it was, so far as Sammy could see, devoted entirely to love. There was a picture on the front of a man with a dark moustache pushing a lady into a cupboard (Beasts of Belgravia). No murder and no football. Sammy abandoned the paper and concentrated on kicking the chair leg and whistling.
Presently Mr. Holloman put his head round the door.
“I’m going out,” he said. He seemed preoccupied. “I’ll be back by six.
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