The Lately Deceased
“‘Gordon gave me the key last week so that I can get in when his “daily” isn’t here. She’s been a bit huffy since all this trouble.’ Geoff smiled. It was unlike Pearl, he thought, to bother with explanations of that sort. As they climbed the stairs to the inner glass door leading to the hall of the flat, Pearl, looking exquisite in a dramatically full scarlet coat, asked if they had heard any more about the adjourned inquest.
‘Not a thing,’ Geoffrey answered. ‘I reckon the police have got someth...ing up their sleeves and are keeping mum about it.’ Pearl pushed open the inner door and called ‘yoo-hoo’ in the direction of the lounge. At once, Gordon flung open the door and advanced on Pearl as if to take her in his arms. Then he saw the other two and checked himself, contenting himself with slipping an arm round Pearl’s waist.
‘Glad you two could come,’ he said to Geoff and Eve. ‘I’m in need of a bit of youthful company. Come on in, the poor relations are still battening on to me like the parasites they are.’ He swept his arm in the direction of the Leighs, who were sitting on a settee watching television.MoreLess
‘Not a thing,’ Geoffrey answered. ‘I reckon the police have got someth...ing up their sleeves and are keeping mum about it.’ Pearl pushed open the inner door and called ‘yoo-hoo’ in the direction of the lounge. At once, Gordon flung open the door and advanced on Pearl as if to take her in his arms. Then he saw the other two and checked himself, contenting himself with slipping an arm round Pearl’s waist.
‘Glad you two could come,’ he said to Geoff and Eve. ‘I’m in need of a bit of youthful company. Come on in, the poor relations are still battening on to me like the parasites they are.’ He swept his arm in the direction of the Leighs, who were sitting on a settee watching television.MoreLess
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