The Fabric of Murder (Mysteries of Georgian Norfolk book 2)
“Since he had already finished his coffee and discarded the newspaper, it looked as if he had been there for some time.
‘Thought you might be in earlier than this.’ He sounded irritated. Brock didn’t like to be kept waiting.
‘Why?’ Foxe said. ‘This is quite a respectable hour to come here. I also have an appointment at eleven, so that leaves me a reasonable time to drink a dish of coffee and peruse the papers.’ Foxe had not dressed in quite such an elegant manner this morning. He needed ...to look the kind of customer Mrs. Swan would want to serve in person, but not the kind she would remember for too long afterwards.
‘Do you have news?’ he asked Brock.
‘Wouldn’t have come here if I hadn’t. Nothing significant from those of Bonneviots’ men I’ve spoken to. They’re angry about being owed money and want their due – be sure of that. But that’s a simple matter of justice, in their eyes.MoreLess
‘Thought you might be in earlier than this.’ He sounded irritated. Brock didn’t like to be kept waiting.
‘Why?’ Foxe said. ‘This is quite a respectable hour to come here. I also have an appointment at eleven, so that leaves me a reasonable time to drink a dish of coffee and peruse the papers.’ Foxe had not dressed in quite such an elegant manner this morning. He needed ...to look the kind of customer Mrs. Swan would want to serve in person, but not the kind she would remember for too long afterwards.
‘Do you have news?’ he asked Brock.
‘Wouldn’t have come here if I hadn’t. Nothing significant from those of Bonneviots’ men I’ve spoken to. They’re angry about being owed money and want their due – be sure of that. But that’s a simple matter of justice, in their eyes.MoreLess
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