Murder By the book
“After a time, and usually after only a few minutes, Jerry can hear her soft sleep-breathing, and with that a feeling of security, of reassurance, comes to him. His world is as it should be, turns as it should turn. Then, and almost never before then, he sleeps himself.
He had very little time to wait, that Sunday night. She said, “hmmm,” relaxed; he heard her turn in her bed. Then the sleep-breathing began, and with it his own relaxation. The outlines of thought began slowly to soften, consciou...sness to dissolve. Gerald North, who had had a long day himself, slept.
“Probably,” Pamela North said, “it’s something in the oath.”
She did not speak loudly. It was as if she were continuing a conversation already well set in its course.
Jerry said, “whadga?” and was awake, and said, “What did you say, Pam?”
Pam said, “What?” Then, aggrieved, she said, “You woke me up. I’d just gone to sleep and you woke me up.”
“You said something,” Jerry said. “Something about an oath.”MoreLess
He had very little time to wait, that Sunday night. She said, “hmmm,” relaxed; he heard her turn in her bed. Then the sleep-breathing began, and with it his own relaxation. The outlines of thought began slowly to soften, consciou...sness to dissolve. Gerald North, who had had a long day himself, slept.
“Probably,” Pamela North said, “it’s something in the oath.”
She did not speak loudly. It was as if she were continuing a conversation already well set in its course.
Jerry said, “whadga?” and was awake, and said, “What did you say, Pam?”
Pam said, “What?” Then, aggrieved, she said, “You woke me up. I’d just gone to sleep and you woke me up.”
“You said something,” Jerry said. “Something about an oath.”MoreLess
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