She's Leaving Home
“said Marilyn.
“Give over.” He undid his shoelaces, peeled off his socks and draped them over the radiator.
“Protocol is protocol. I should have been told.” He could hear Bailey talking on the phone from his room.
“Have you seen Tozer?”
“This is not the first time this has happened,” Bailey was saying.
“No. Why? Have you lost her?”
“There is a right way to do that and a wrong way.” When Bailey lost his temper he spoke in clipped phrases. “That’s not an excuse. If I starte...d ordering your officers around there would be anarchy. We have procedures. We have ways of doing things.”
“Good riddance to bad rubbish,” said Marilyn.
The office was still, people listening. Jones sat in front of a typewriter, forefingers poised over the untouched keys. Marilyn stood in the middle of the room, a mug of tea in one hand and a cigarette in the other.MoreLess
“Give over.” He undid his shoelaces, peeled off his socks and draped them over the radiator.
“Protocol is protocol. I should have been told.” He could hear Bailey talking on the phone from his room.
“Have you seen Tozer?”
“This is not the first time this has happened,” Bailey was saying.
“No. Why? Have you lost her?”
“There is a right way to do that and a wrong way.” When Bailey lost his temper he spoke in clipped phrases. “That’s not an excuse. If I starte...d ordering your officers around there would be anarchy. We have procedures. We have ways of doing things.”
“Good riddance to bad rubbish,” said Marilyn.
The office was still, people listening. Jones sat in front of a typewriter, forefingers poised over the untouched keys. Marilyn stood in the middle of the room, a mug of tea in one hand and a cigarette in the other.MoreLess
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