Losing Ground (2007)
“For one thing, the meeting hadn’t actually been called by anyone but had just grown rather like Topsy as news of the fire at Tolmie Park had spread through their building.
‘Fire?’ snapped Derek Hitchin, their project manager. ‘You’re quite sure, are you, Auriole?’ ‘The Berebury Gazette have just rung me for a quote on it,’ said Auriole Allen, adding ironically, ‘I don’t know how sure that makes it but I told them that it was certainly news to all of us here at Berebury Homes and they could cert...ainly quote me on that.’ ‘Let’s hope it was,’ said Robert Selby, the finance man, sourly. ‘There’ll be hell to pay if not.’ ‘Where’s Lionel?’ asked Randolph Mansfield.
‘On the golf course,’ chorused Derek Hitchin and Robert Selby in unison. ‘Need you ask?’ ‘Should we tell him, I wonder?’ mused Auriole Allen thoughtfully. ‘It might be better if he didn’t know just yet. Until he’s been properly briefed and we’ve dealt with the press, I mean.’ ‘Rather you than me,’ said Hitchin, in whom the instinct for self-preservation was strong.MoreLess
‘Fire?’ snapped Derek Hitchin, their project manager. ‘You’re quite sure, are you, Auriole?’ ‘The Berebury Gazette have just rung me for a quote on it,’ said Auriole Allen, adding ironically, ‘I don’t know how sure that makes it but I told them that it was certainly news to all of us here at Berebury Homes and they could cert...ainly quote me on that.’ ‘Let’s hope it was,’ said Robert Selby, the finance man, sourly. ‘There’ll be hell to pay if not.’ ‘Where’s Lionel?’ asked Randolph Mansfield.
‘On the golf course,’ chorused Derek Hitchin and Robert Selby in unison. ‘Need you ask?’ ‘Should we tell him, I wonder?’ mused Auriole Allen thoughtfully. ‘It might be better if he didn’t know just yet. Until he’s been properly briefed and we’ve dealt with the press, I mean.’ ‘Rather you than me,’ said Hitchin, in whom the instinct for self-preservation was strong.MoreLess
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