The Final Cut
“'You see, Max. There's another thirty thousand a year that will have to be found.' Stanbrook had grown pale, as though haemorrhaging. 'I think the fund will just about run to that, F.U.' 'But you haven't thought of the grass, have you? A surprising omission for a Secretary of State for the Environment.' 'The grass? What's the bloody grass got to do with it?' Both his perspective and his language had collapsed in confusion.
'Everything, as I shall explain. Come with me.' Urquhart flung open the ...doors to the patio and, like Mother Goose, led all twenty-five of them in file down the stairs, into the garden, through the door in the old brick wall, and in less than a minute had brought them to the site of the stakes. Startled Special Branch detectives began scurrying everywhere in the manner of cowboys trying to round up loose steers.
'Away! Away off my grass!' he shouted at them. 'This is most important.' Security withdrew to a nervous distance, wondering whether the old man had had a turn and they should send for Smith &.MoreLess
'Everything, as I shall explain. Come with me.' Urquhart flung open the ...doors to the patio and, like Mother Goose, led all twenty-five of them in file down the stairs, into the garden, through the door in the old brick wall, and in less than a minute had brought them to the site of the stakes. Startled Special Branch detectives began scurrying everywhere in the manner of cowboys trying to round up loose steers.
'Away! Away off my grass!' he shouted at them. 'This is most important.' Security withdrew to a nervous distance, wondering whether the old man had had a turn and they should send for Smith &.MoreLess
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