Murder in the Hearse Degree
“He was showered and looked curiously refreshed. Nothing like a night on somebody’s couch, I guess. He pulled out a cigarette and I threw a chair at him. Well, in fact I didn’t. But I put as much energy into the scowl that I sent across my desk. Munger stuck the cigarette behind his ear.
“I think your friend’s husband speaks with forked tongue,” he said.
“Could be he’s a liar, too.”
“All that crap about keeping the news from his wife because the girl asked him to?”
“Exactly. I th...ought that was odd, too. Since when does loyalty to a nanny outrun loyalty to a wife?”
“Could be when you’re nailing the nanny behind your wife’s back.”
“I don’t think Mike was sleeping with Sophie,” I said.
“You’re still sold on the midshipman?”
“Call me crazy.”
“Maybe you don’t really have the full story there,”MoreLess
“I think your friend’s husband speaks with forked tongue,” he said.
“Could be he’s a liar, too.”
“All that crap about keeping the news from his wife because the girl asked him to?”
“Exactly. I th...ought that was odd, too. Since when does loyalty to a nanny outrun loyalty to a wife?”
“Could be when you’re nailing the nanny behind your wife’s back.”
“I don’t think Mike was sleeping with Sophie,” I said.
“You’re still sold on the midshipman?”
“Call me crazy.”
“Maybe you don’t really have the full story there,”MoreLess
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