Gently Through the Mill
“LATEST on the Mill Murder!’ Gently bought a copy from the vendor shivering by the market stalls.
‘VICTIM GUEST AT LOCAL HOTEL – Police favour “double cross” theory – “All-Stations” alert for associates.
‘Latest developments in the investigation of the murder at Lynton of Stephen (“Steinie”) Taylor have led the police to one of the town’s most celebrated old Coaching Inns … ‘In an interview this morning with Chief Inspector Gently of the Yard, who is conducting the investigation, our rep...orter was told that the facts justified the theory that Taylor …’ And there was the picture of Gently outside the hotel, making him look like a congenital idiot.
Soon the grey streets would be lively with the factory workers, grabbing their papers as they hurried in to tea. Did they believe them, these glossied accounts, with their factual-sounding guesses? Over kippers in the kitchen, would they pass current for the truth?MoreLess
‘VICTIM GUEST AT LOCAL HOTEL – Police favour “double cross” theory – “All-Stations” alert for associates.
‘Latest developments in the investigation of the murder at Lynton of Stephen (“Steinie”) Taylor have led the police to one of the town’s most celebrated old Coaching Inns … ‘In an interview this morning with Chief Inspector Gently of the Yard, who is conducting the investigation, our rep...orter was told that the facts justified the theory that Taylor …’ And there was the picture of Gently outside the hotel, making him look like a congenital idiot.
Soon the grey streets would be lively with the factory workers, grabbing their papers as they hurried in to tea. Did they believe them, these glossied accounts, with their factual-sounding guesses? Over kippers in the kitchen, would they pass current for the truth?MoreLess
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