Well-Schooled in Murder
“A broad bay window—shaded by a plane tree—projected towards the school drive, one pane open to the morning air. From this issued the steady wailing of a child. It was the first sound Lynley and Havers heard as they got out of the car and approached the lodge entry.
As if he had been watching for them, Orten opened the door before they had a chance to ring the bell. He was already dressed for his workday, in a quasimilitary uniform designed to incorporate the colours of the school. His bearing w...as ramrod stiff, and his eyes snapped over them in an evaluative examination. “Inspector. Sergeant.” He nodded sharply, approval given, and jerked his head in the direction of a disarranged sitting room to his left. “Come in.”
Without waiting for a response, he led the way, and planted himself before a stark stone fireplace above which hung a mirror framed in flaking gilt and spotted with age. The back of Orten’s head was reflected in it, as were the brass sconces at the other side of the room that cast oblongs of light up against the walls but did little else to dispel a gloom created by the room’s northern exposure and its single narrow casement window.MoreLess
As if he had been watching for them, Orten opened the door before they had a chance to ring the bell. He was already dressed for his workday, in a quasimilitary uniform designed to incorporate the colours of the school. His bearing w...as ramrod stiff, and his eyes snapped over them in an evaluative examination. “Inspector. Sergeant.” He nodded sharply, approval given, and jerked his head in the direction of a disarranged sitting room to his left. “Come in.”
Without waiting for a response, he led the way, and planted himself before a stark stone fireplace above which hung a mirror framed in flaking gilt and spotted with age. The back of Orten’s head was reflected in it, as were the brass sconces at the other side of the room that cast oblongs of light up against the walls but did little else to dispel a gloom created by the room’s northern exposure and its single narrow casement window.MoreLess
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