Parting Breath
“As far as he was concerned he was not looking for anything in particular and, if asked, would have replied that he was carrying out a routine procedure.
He did, however, find something.
But not immediately.
The room was a pigeon pair with that occupied by Colin Ellison, which he had seen the evening before – and no doubt with a hundred others, too. Crosby’s search of it was not done on ‘Hunt the Thimble’ lines. It was, on the contrary, done very methodically indeed. Constable Crosby would have ...found Edgar Allan Poe’s purloined letter first time round.
He began with the bed. He had once found a shot-gun under a mattress – only just before its owner reached it, too – and now he always looked there first. There was nothing under Henry Moleyns’ mattress, nor, as it happened, under the bed either. The College beds were high, narrow and well-castored for ease of making. In spite of all these things Henry Moleyns’ bed had been no more than cursorily pulled together to give the semblance of tidiness.MoreLess
He did, however, find something.
But not immediately.
The room was a pigeon pair with that occupied by Colin Ellison, which he had seen the evening before – and no doubt with a hundred others, too. Crosby’s search of it was not done on ‘Hunt the Thimble’ lines. It was, on the contrary, done very methodically indeed. Constable Crosby would have ...found Edgar Allan Poe’s purloined letter first time round.
He began with the bed. He had once found a shot-gun under a mattress – only just before its owner reached it, too – and now he always looked there first. There was nothing under Henry Moleyns’ mattress, nor, as it happened, under the bed either. The College beds were high, narrow and well-castored for ease of making. In spite of all these things Henry Moleyns’ bed had been no more than cursorily pulled together to give the semblance of tidiness.MoreLess
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