The White Room by L P Davies

Author:L P Davies
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

8

It was half past eleven when Louise returned.

“I’m afraid I’ve been longer than I thought, Axel. Did you think to make yourself a drink? I forgot to tell you there’s coffee and stuff in the larder.”

Make himself a cup of coffee … He had never had to do anything like that in his life.

“No. Did you find out anything, Louise?”

“Let me get the kettle on first. I’m parched.”

He followed her into the kitchen. Draping her cardigan over the back of a chair she busied herself filling a kettle.

“I found out something, Axel.” She set the kettle on the stove. “How it all fits, God alone knows. At least it sort of tightens things up.” She opened a cupboard. “It’ll have to be instant coffee, do you mind?” And: “Oh—your things are in the car. I hope they’ll suit you.”

He restrained himself with an effort. “And just what have you found out?” -

She grimaced. “Not so much as I might have done if I hadn’t happened to glance up and see one of our friends of last night’s kidnap attempt watching me through the window. At least I think it was the one who tried to grab me. He was some distance away, skulking behind shelves. I slipped out through a side entrance and drove round Norwich a while just to make sure he wasn’t following me.”

She brought cups and saucers to the table.

“I’d better start at the beginning. There was an oldish man in charge of the reference library. I told him I was interested in buying shares, that someone had recommended Mosaic to me and I wanted to find out about the firm. He was very surprised 1’d never heard of them. He said the advice was good but too late, that even if I could lay my hands on any of their shares I’d have to pay the world for them. If I’d bought a few years back, I would have made a small fortune. Anyway, he brought me some books, helped me find the right pages and talked while I was reading. So now I know quite a lot about Mosaic. It was started in nineteen seventy-three by one Moses Coxby—”

“Yes.” Axel nodded without having to be asked. “I know the name. I’ve heard it somewhere before.”

Louise smiled complacently. “I had the feeling you would have done. If any more bells ring, tell me. Well, Coxby used the name Mosaic because it was similar to his own first name, Moses. It was an advertising agency at first. Press promotion-adverts in papers and magazines. Then another man— an actor-producer—came in with him, and they started branching out. I’ll keep this new name till later, Axel. They started making commercials—you know—adverts for the commercial television—in—I forget what year. I made notes of all the dates. They’re in my handbag—”

She would have gone for it, but Axel motioned for her to stay in the kitchen. “That can wait. I want to hear the rest of this.”

“I’ll have to guess at the dates, then.

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