Shadow of the Dolocher: An Alderman James Mystery Thriller (The Alderman James Mystery Thriller Series Book 2) by European P. Douglas

Author:European P. Douglas [P. Douglas, European]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ghost Creative
Published: 2017-04-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 35

Colonel Spencer stepped out of the Chocolate House and took a deep breath of the air on Fownes Court. It had been his first time in the establishment, and he thought that it would be his last. It was not that he did not like the chocolate on offer, but more that the whole room being overpowered by the aroma made the taste seem less exquisite. He would leave his chocolate consumption for at home from now on where he knew he would enjoy it much more. He cast one more look back inside and thought what it a pity it was that it was not a coffee house; the decor was very elegant and the atmosphere lively.

As he looked inside Spencer caught sight of himself in the glass and saw his collar had become bent. Using the window as a mirror, he set about righting it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something that made him freeze. His eyes went to the place and showed only a reflection of the gathered people walking about in the street behind him. But he was sure he had seen it. In the crowd, there had been for one moment and bright smiling red face, one that he had intimate knowledge of from all those hours spent painting it. He blinked and turned to look at the people wondering if it were possible that his vision might be among them? Spencer could feel his hand trembling still at his collar, and he put it to his side in an effort to control it. Even in battle, he had ever been so uneasy and ready to be scared.

Then the real fear came; he was sure that someone was looking at him, someone unseen to him at that moment. H scanned the crowd again, searching out the faces of those whose heads were cast down but still he saw no one. Just then, his eye set on a hooded man who was about to pass out of sight around the side of a building. At the last second, the hood turned from profile and showed that grinning, malevolent face he thought he'd seen. Spencer gasped and unintentionally took a step backwards.

The man disappeared, and a rush of his military courage came to Spencer, and he set off through the crowd in measured pursuit. Anger was growing in Spencer now, surging over his fear. If this man or creature or whatever it was wanted to haunt him he could do it to his face!

Spencer reached the corner and looked into what turned out to a very narrow street with a few people buying from street traders. No one in sight was his quarry. The street was long, and Spencer had to assume the fact that he could not see the man meant that he had entered one of the buildings. He walked slowly along looking for some public house, whiskey cabin or coffee house but nothing like this seemed to be present on the street.

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