Last Reminder
“Tom had a terrace of three, knocked through to make a single big house. It was a stone building with a stone-flagged roof, black with age and surrounded by farmland. At one time they had probably been tied cottages, inhabited by the estate’s various managers. Now it was a bijou residence for a crook. I knew what to expect inside – the usual catalogue of naff statuary and crap paintings, with eighteen hours of pan pipes dribbling out of the Bang and Olufsen – and my heart sank at the thought of ...it.
Nobody answered the door. I pressed the bell, Sparky hammered. We regarded two unsuccessful attempts as a licence to wander round the back, see if anyone was there.
‘This is how the other half live,’ I said as the conservatory came into view.
Sparky whistled through his teeth, saying, ‘I wouldn’t mind some of this bankruptcy myself.’ It stretched the full length of the back of the building, housing a full suite of wicker furniture, several sun-loungers, a forest of hibiscus and a modest swimming pool.MoreLess
Nobody answered the door. I pressed the bell, Sparky hammered. We regarded two unsuccessful attempts as a licence to wander round the back, see if anyone was there.
‘This is how the other half live,’ I said as the conservatory came into view.
Sparky whistled through his teeth, saying, ‘I wouldn’t mind some of this bankruptcy myself.’ It stretched the full length of the back of the building, housing a full suite of wicker furniture, several sun-loungers, a forest of hibiscus and a modest swimming pool.MoreLess
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