Name to a Face
“Chief Inspector Unsworth, on the other hand, attacked his double order of toasted ham-and-cheese sandwiches with a trencherman’s vigour, whilst eyeing the Café Kreutzkamm’s cake display with dessert clearly in mind. Acerbic observations on the shortcomings of the Dutch capital and variations on a theme of how much he envied Harding his Riviera existence had delayed an explanation of what he actually wanted so long it seemed it might never come. But with one sandwich swallowed and the second com...menced in slightly less urgent style, he came to the point at last, albeit by an indirect route.
“Which way did you vote in the Common Market referendum, Mr. Harding-back in 1975?” Harding was too bemused by the question at first even to attempt an answer. And Unsworth saved him the bother by snapping his fingers suddenly. “Hold on. Of course. You were born in 1958. So, just too young to vote in ’ seventy-five.” This, Harding could only assume, was a bizarre method of telling him that Unsworth knew more about him than he might have supposed.MoreLess
“Which way did you vote in the Common Market referendum, Mr. Harding-back in 1975?” Harding was too bemused by the question at first even to attempt an answer. And Unsworth saved him the bother by snapping his fingers suddenly. “Hold on. Of course. You were born in 1958. So, just too young to vote in ’ seventy-five.” This, Harding could only assume, was a bizarre method of telling him that Unsworth knew more about him than he might have supposed.MoreLess
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