The Doors Open (2012)
“He had spoken of it at some length. And Hazlerigg had been very interested indeed. But he was a man who did first things first. And he was quite certain in his own mind that Paddy, whatever his sins, had had nothing directly to do with the decease of Dr Potts.
The reason for this certainty was simply that, since the accident in the Underground Railway station, he had had Paddy and Nap watched. Not continuously, the circumstances hardly warranted that. But a discreet eye had been kept on their comings and goings. And he therefore knew that on Thursday night, the night of Doctor Potts’ last day on earth, Nap had been with Nurse Goodbody, first at a Symphony Concert and afterwards till a late hour at a night club (the former to please his fiancée, the latter to please himself), whilst Paddy had played some energetic squash at Bumpers, had drunk a lot of beer, returned to the Inner Temple, waited up for Nap till one o’clock; had then got tired of waiting and had gone to bed.
“I suppose, i...f he had a car hidden somewhere, he could just have done it,”MoreLess
The reason for this certainty was simply that, since the accident in the Underground Railway station, he had had Paddy and Nap watched. Not continuously, the circumstances hardly warranted that. But a discreet eye had been kept on their comings and goings. And he therefore knew that on Thursday night, the night of Doctor Potts’ last day on earth, Nap had been with Nurse Goodbody, first at a Symphony Concert and afterwards till a late hour at a night club (the former to please his fiancée, the latter to please himself), whilst Paddy had played some energetic squash at Bumpers, had drunk a lot of beer, returned to the Inner Temple, waited up for Nap till one o’clock; had then got tired of waiting and had gone to bed.
“I suppose, i...f he had a car hidden somewhere, he could just have done it,”MoreLess
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