Hamish Macbeth 09 (1993) - Death of a Travelling Man
Hamish Macbeth 09 (1993) - Death of a Travelling Man
“—Shakespeare Hamish looked down at the paper, his mind scurrying this way and that, trying to find a road away from the three women.
Then he gave a sigh and leaned back. “Aye, you’re maybe right. But Angela now, she was spending money on herself, not Sean.” Priscilla tapped the paper again. “Drugs, Hamish. The missing morphine. And there’s another thing.” “What’s that?” “I called on Angela. She was wearing a black dress. I complimented her on it although I thought it made her look like a waifli...ke widow and she said uneasily that it had cost an awful lot of money, that it was a Dior.” “So was it?” “Yes, I should think it was—but a secondhand Dior.” “How secondhand?” “There were worn patches under the arms and although it was a simple style, it’s very short in the skirt and I would guess it was about twenty years old.” “What are you getting at?” “There are thrift shops in Inverness, Hamish, where a woman can buy a model dress for a few pounds and then tell her husband it cost a fortune.” Hamish looked at her miserably.MoreLess
Then he gave a sigh and leaned back. “Aye, you’re maybe right. But Angela now, she was spending money on herself, not Sean.” Priscilla tapped the paper again. “Drugs, Hamish. The missing morphine. And there’s another thing.” “What’s that?” “I called on Angela. She was wearing a black dress. I complimented her on it although I thought it made her look like a waifli...ke widow and she said uneasily that it had cost an awful lot of money, that it was a Dior.” “So was it?” “Yes, I should think it was—but a secondhand Dior.” “How secondhand?” “There were worn patches under the arms and although it was a simple style, it’s very short in the skirt and I would guess it was about twenty years old.” “What are you getting at?” “There are thrift shops in Inverness, Hamish, where a woman can buy a model dress for a few pounds and then tell her husband it cost a fortune.” Hamish looked at her miserably.MoreLess
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