Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen (2015)
““How marvelous of Fergus to get people talking about Rudolph in a good way,” she said.
“It was,” I agreed.
“And how convenient that Russell happened to have a sympathetic New York Times reporter ready to pop down and do a feature.”
“We’re all supporters of the town,” I said.
She peeled off her gloves. “And that’s the wonderful thing about Rudolph, isn’t it, Marie?”
“Merry.”
She tittered in embarrassment. “How silly of me to forget. It was, I’m sure, your father who talke...d Fergus into getting out the float. And that Twitter campaign. Such a marvelous idea. Fergus would never have come up with something so clever, so modern, on his own.”
“It was his daughter’s idea, I was told.”
She waved her left hand. The giant square-cut diamond caught the lights from the Douglas fir and threw off sparks of green and red.MoreLess
“It was,” I agreed.
“And how convenient that Russell happened to have a sympathetic New York Times reporter ready to pop down and do a feature.”
“We’re all supporters of the town,” I said.
She peeled off her gloves. “And that’s the wonderful thing about Rudolph, isn’t it, Marie?”
“Merry.”
She tittered in embarrassment. “How silly of me to forget. It was, I’m sure, your father who talke...d Fergus into getting out the float. And that Twitter campaign. Such a marvelous idea. Fergus would never have come up with something so clever, so modern, on his own.”
“It was his daughter’s idea, I was told.”
She waved her left hand. The giant square-cut diamond caught the lights from the Douglas fir and threw off sparks of green and red.MoreLess
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