Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected (1996)
“Jeffries Stands Corrected CHAPTER 3 “You can get a decent pint at one of Haydon Dapeers’s pubs,” said Dick, a street lad who couldn’t have been more than sixteen. He nodded knowingly. “Not like the swill they serve at the Black Horse. Stuff’s not fit to drink, tastes like cat’s piss.”
Wiggins nodded in agreement, as though he knew what the boy was talking about, which he didn’t. He didn’t think Dick knew all that much about it, either. But at least he’d found someone to talk to, someone who’d b...een hanging about the streets when the murder took place and seemed to know the victim. “So Haydon Dapeers was a nice gent, then?”
“Nice?” The lad snorted in disbelief. “I never said that! He was a right mean ol’ bastard. Most folks round these parts couldn’t stand him. But he does serve decent ale. I heard his new place is right posh, not like here. Peeked in through the windows last evenin’, but I didn’t go in or anythin’.”
They were sitting in the public bar of the Pale Swan, another pub owned by the late Haydon Dapeers.MoreLess
Wiggins nodded in agreement, as though he knew what the boy was talking about, which he didn’t. He didn’t think Dick knew all that much about it, either. But at least he’d found someone to talk to, someone who’d b...een hanging about the streets when the murder took place and seemed to know the victim. “So Haydon Dapeers was a nice gent, then?”
“Nice?” The lad snorted in disbelief. “I never said that! He was a right mean ol’ bastard. Most folks round these parts couldn’t stand him. But he does serve decent ale. I heard his new place is right posh, not like here. Peeked in through the windows last evenin’, but I didn’t go in or anythin’.”
They were sitting in the public bar of the Pale Swan, another pub owned by the late Haydon Dapeers.MoreLess
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