Too Close to the Edge
“On another street it would have been recognized as a sizable brown shingle house. On another street, its weed-tossed lawn would have caused comment. But here, amidst the dormitories and fraternity houses, it was understood that lawns occupied space more properly covered with decks, deck chairs, and kegs of beer. All three were in evidence.
After a stop at her patrol car to change shoes, fix her hair, and notify the beat officer of our plan, Pereira had settled herself at the bus stop on College... Avenue, half a block east of the house. Seeing her in her suit and running shoes, ten out of ten people would have said she was a businesswoman on her way home. Once Dusty Wilson started toward the Channing Way door, she would move in. Pereira might have had a few hours sleep last night, but neither of us was in sprint condition.
At nearly five o’clock, the wind off the bay blew fitfully, bringing with it a covering of fog. Cars raced down Channing, ready to join the rush hour clog on all Berkeley’s main streets.MoreLess
After a stop at her patrol car to change shoes, fix her hair, and notify the beat officer of our plan, Pereira had settled herself at the bus stop on College... Avenue, half a block east of the house. Seeing her in her suit and running shoes, ten out of ten people would have said she was a businesswoman on her way home. Once Dusty Wilson started toward the Channing Way door, she would move in. Pereira might have had a few hours sleep last night, but neither of us was in sprint condition.
At nearly five o’clock, the wind off the bay blew fitfully, bringing with it a covering of fog. Cars raced down Channing, ready to join the rush hour clog on all Berkeley’s main streets.MoreLess
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