Shroud for a Nightingale
“Not for long. Not often. But when she was happy she was marvelous. If you once know that kind of happiness you don’t kill yourself. While you live there’s a hope it could happen again. So why cut yourself off from the hope of it for ever?”Dalgliesh said: “You cut yourself off from the misery too. That might seem more important But I think you’re right. I don’t believe Josephine Fallon killed herself. I believe she was murdered. That’s why I’m asking if there’s anything else you can tell me.”“No.... I was on duty at the Exchange the night she died. I had better give you the address. I suppose you’ll want to check.”“There are reasons why it’s extremely unlikely to have been anyone who wasn’t familiar with Nightingale House. But we shall check.”“Here’s the address then.”He tore a corner from the newspaper covering the table and taking a pencil from his trouser pocket wrote down the address in a crabbed hand, his head nearly touching the paper. Then he folded it as if the message were secret, and pushed it across the table.“Take the stone too.MoreLess
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