The Darkness And the Deep
“It was well into October now and a clear, cold morning with a strong wind blowing and the brown and russet leaves, lying in deep drifts on the pavement outside, were being snatched up to dance in crazy spirals.
She nodded curtly to the desk sergeant and the young constable on duty behind the counter, then headed for the stairs to her office, the heels of her plain, low-heeled court shoes clicking briskly on the tiled floor.
PC Langlands, looking after the tall retreating figure of the DI, now t...aking the stairs athletically two at a time, pulled a face at Sergeant Naismith. ‘Who’s stolen her scone? Big Marge is usually cheery enough unless she’s on the warpath. And I’ll tell you who else is going round looking like a wet weekend in Rothesay – Tam MacNee.’ Naismith, with fifteen years of police experience, not to mention a fair few Scotch pies, under his expansive belt, was always a reliable source of station gossip. ‘Ah well, you see, there’s this English lad just come as a DC, one of those fast-track, high-flyer types out to make a bit of a splash, no doubt, and show us teuchters where we’re getting it wrong, so Marge has her knickers in a twist about that, seemingly.MoreLess
She nodded curtly to the desk sergeant and the young constable on duty behind the counter, then headed for the stairs to her office, the heels of her plain, low-heeled court shoes clicking briskly on the tiled floor.
PC Langlands, looking after the tall retreating figure of the DI, now t...aking the stairs athletically two at a time, pulled a face at Sergeant Naismith. ‘Who’s stolen her scone? Big Marge is usually cheery enough unless she’s on the warpath. And I’ll tell you who else is going round looking like a wet weekend in Rothesay – Tam MacNee.’ Naismith, with fifteen years of police experience, not to mention a fair few Scotch pies, under his expansive belt, was always a reliable source of station gossip. ‘Ah well, you see, there’s this English lad just come as a DC, one of those fast-track, high-flyer types out to make a bit of a splash, no doubt, and show us teuchters where we’re getting it wrong, so Marge has her knickers in a twist about that, seemingly.MoreLess
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