The Dead Side of the Mike (2012)
“For the rest of that week he heard nothing more from anyone at the BBC, except, through Maurice, the confirmation of his booking on Dad’s the Word (and yes, radio fees had gone up a bit, but not that much).
He began to think that he had been romanticising about Andrea’s death, excited by its recent shock and the crusading spirit which Steve’s brown eyes had inspired in him. The next morning, the Thursday, he had woken up full of St Georgishness, determined to track down the dragon which was distressing that particular damsel, but as the day passed, it was his determination rather than his knighthood which proved errant. By the Friday morning he had forgotten any idea of a quest, or perhaps he had come to see through it as a simple ruse to keep in touch with the damsel.
So he did nothing in the way of investigation. The idea receded and the arrogance which had made him think of pursuing the girl shrank into lethargic self-distaste. What had a fifty-one-year-old man of diminishing charm...s to offer to a girl like her?MoreLess
He began to think that he had been romanticising about Andrea’s death, excited by its recent shock and the crusading spirit which Steve’s brown eyes had inspired in him. The next morning, the Thursday, he had woken up full of St Georgishness, determined to track down the dragon which was distressing that particular damsel, but as the day passed, it was his determination rather than his knighthood which proved errant. By the Friday morning he had forgotten any idea of a quest, or perhaps he had come to see through it as a simple ruse to keep in touch with the damsel.
So he did nothing in the way of investigation. The idea receded and the arrogance which had made him think of pursuing the girl shrank into lethargic self-distaste. What had a fifty-one-year-old man of diminishing charm...s to offer to a girl like her?MoreLess
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