The Wrong Way Down (2013)
“The clubhouse had been planned and finished inside and out by a master, long since dead. As Gamadge’s grandfather had been a charter member, and as he and Gamadge’s father had done an immense amount of thankless work for it on committees and boards, a privilege had been granted them and extended to Gamadge himself—the privilege of a connecting gate between the club’s rear premises and the Gamadge back yard.
Gamadge used this gate tonight. He garaged his car in the private building adjoining... the clubhouse, and retaining his keys in his hand, went up the white front steps. The night porter let him in—a grandfatherly person in dark blue.
“I’m just taking the short cut home, Parsons.”
“Yes, sir.” Parsons never even thought questions about a member’s activities—much less asked them.
He saw Gamadge along the black-and-white marble pavement of the hall, through to the terrace, and watched him down the steps and past the bare shrubs and trimmed evergreens to the green gate in the white fence.MoreLess
Gamadge used this gate tonight. He garaged his car in the private building adjoining... the clubhouse, and retaining his keys in his hand, went up the white front steps. The night porter let him in—a grandfatherly person in dark blue.
“I’m just taking the short cut home, Parsons.”
“Yes, sir.” Parsons never even thought questions about a member’s activities—much less asked them.
He saw Gamadge along the black-and-white marble pavement of the hall, through to the terrace, and watched him down the steps and past the bare shrubs and trimmed evergreens to the green gate in the white fence.MoreLess
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