Rumpole Misbehaves (2010)
“IN FUTUREONLY NON-SMOKERS WILL BEADMITTED TO PUPILLAGE.COFFEE WILL STILL BE PROVIDED ATA REASONABLE COST, BUT THECONSUMPTION OF BEERS, WINES, SPIRITSAND FOOD ON THE PREMISESIS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.SIGNED: Samuel Ballard, QCNow, at that time in the Rumpole history, when crime and therefore briefs appeared to be a bit thin on the ground, I had given up the luxury of a pie and pint of Guinness in the pub and instead had to put up with sandwiches for lunch. What with the search of our bags for terror...ist devices, I had to smuggle in these sandwiches in the folds of the Rumpole mac. I went, on a dull morning out of court, to Pommeroy’s for a bottle of their very cheap and ordinary to wash down my lunch. It was while I was enjoying this picnic that Luci Gribble, our newly appointed Director of Marketing and Administration, came into my room and sat down, looking at me with a sort of amused despair.‘You’re a hopeless case, Rumpole,’ she said.‘Am I really? I rather like hopeless cases. They’re the ones I usually manage to win.’‘Well, I don’t think you’re going to win this time.MoreLess
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