The Port Fairy Murders

Authors: Robert Gott

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“He often did this, just to reassure himself that she really did bear a passing resemblance to Irene Dunne. Matthew loved Irene Dunne. He’d begun courting Dorothy Shipman the day after he’d seen her in Sackville Street. She was unaware of her resemblance to the movie star, and Matthew never mentioned it. This was a private passion. Dorothy rarely went to the movies. Dorothy rarely did anything that might put ideas into her head. She wasn’t silly, though — not by a long chalk. She was something o...f an accounting wizard, and she kept the books for her father’s drapery business. She’d been out of Port Fairy only twice in her life. On both occasions she’d travelled to Warrnambool to see a dentist. Consequently, her experience of the world was narrow, and whatever opinions she’d formed had become inflexible to the point of atrophy.
One of these opinions concerned girls who surrendered their virginity before marriage. No marriage could survive such an assault on decency.MoreLess Read More Read Less