The Shadow Box by Maxim John R

Author:Maxim, John R. [Maxim, John R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-11T07:00:00+00:00

The manager had asked, therefore, whether he might honor the Pierre by partaking of an evening meal created by Marcel, his favorite chef. For days now, Marcel had been planning a special menu—it was to be a surprise— and he was crushed to learn that his efforts were to be for naught.

The Baron answered that it's he who would be honored. He would have preferred to take the meal in the comfort and security of his apartment but he knew that to suggest such a thing would disappoint his host. The theatrics of presentation demand an audience of other diners. Further, Marcel would sooner open a vein than permit his creation to be trundled about on a room service cart.

The Baron would take it in the restaurant but he would dine alone. Such a meal deserves one's full attention. He would post his bodyguards, all of them German, at the entrance and at a table nearby in case that Fallon boy should come calling prematurely.

The meal was indeed splendid. The leek soup caused him to moan with pleasure. The milk-fed veal, flown in— smuggled in was more like it—nearly caused him to weep. The wines ... the desserts . . . were a fantasy. Perhaps two other times in his memory had he enjoyed such a meal.

Trust Hobbs to ruin it.

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