The Tomb of Zeus
“Summoned by runner the day before, they had preferred to make an early start that morning rather than give up precious digging time the previous day to travel back, and Letty was having some difficulty in pulling the two sides of her life together. Her head and her heart were still on the breezy promontory on the slopes of Juktas.
She looked with misgiving at the coroner. If this scene were being played by English rules, she was contemplating a gentleman combining the decisive authority of a ju...dge and the opportunities for curiosity of a policeman. A layman, but a man charged with a duty to weigh evidence and make a decision that would, at the end of this day, either close the lid on Phoebe's suicide or unleash whatever hounds Inspector Mariani chose to whistle up in pursuit of her murderer.
To her surprise, the elderly Cretan chosen for the job, Professor Sokratis Perakis, addressed the assembled company in English. In a few words he had made plain his scholarship, outlined his task, set out a timetable, stated his objectives, and taken account of every person in the room.MoreLess
She looked with misgiving at the coroner. If this scene were being played by English rules, she was contemplating a gentleman combining the decisive authority of a ju...dge and the opportunities for curiosity of a policeman. A layman, but a man charged with a duty to weigh evidence and make a decision that would, at the end of this day, either close the lid on Phoebe's suicide or unleash whatever hounds Inspector Mariani chose to whistle up in pursuit of her murderer.
To her surprise, the elderly Cretan chosen for the job, Professor Sokratis Perakis, addressed the assembled company in English. In a few words he had made plain his scholarship, outlined his task, set out a timetable, stated his objectives, and taken account of every person in the room.MoreLess
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