A Lesson in Dishonesty by Ben Stevens

Author:Ben Stevens [Stevens, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Nanbanjin
Published: 2013-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

...One hour later he was sat digesting his meal in The Lamb and Star, a pleasant little pub curiously out of keeping with its surrounding area. Despite his mellowed mood – the result of two large glasses of a particularly fine red wine – Maurice grimaced as he thought about this dismal town. There were still ten days to go until Mrs Grimsby, the stoic widow who usually ran the shop, returned from her annual visit to see her grandchildren in Brighton.

Maurice sighed dejectedly: if only he’d a workforce with his knowledge, caution and utter lack of scruples when it came to buying stolen property! He’d make a fortune.

He sighed again, thinking of how Mrs Grimsby would have handled matters. Suspecting the alcoholic and Tony to be thieves she would have told them that she was not interested in buying, thank you very much, which was exactly as per Copper-White’s instructions – and approximately four-hundred pounds would have been lost.

It really was a shame – God only knew how much money Copper-White was losing when he wasn’t filling in for absent staff. But he could never take anyone into his confidence, as he now reflected with wine-fuelled pride that it took a lot of knowledge, intuition and guts to deal the way in which he did and always had.

No, for better or for worse, he would always be on his own.

Draining his glass Maurice decided against having another. The excitement of the day, coupled with the large meal he’d just eaten and the wine he’d drunk had made him drowsy, and so he decided to return to the flat above the shop for a nap.

‘You deserve it,’ he told himself softly.

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