“CURRAN HAD spent the morning with his Italian lawyer who had been summoned overnight from Milan, and even with this old acquaintance Curran had seen the poison of Robert’s missive working. The man was plainly uncertain how much Curran had to hide. If there were indeed two halves of a man’s body in the garden of the Pensione Sofia, the lawyer pointed out, and should they be exhumed, it might be easy for Curran to deny knowledge of them, but certainly he would be involved in a scandal such as the... newspapers of Europe would rejoice in for weeks on end. Yes, said the lawyer, it was true, he was sure, that Curran had not murdered Pancev (imagine it!) but there was no doubt he had known Pancev well. … Then, the question of drugs. Boys and drugs. This is Italy, and you know you would be interrogated. Yes, the young man Leaver would eventually, of course, go to prison for calumny; that was, if he could be found, and if he could be proved to have written these accusations voluntarily. But the publicity would be enormous.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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