Evans to Betsy by Rhys Bowen

Author:Rhys Bowen
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2011-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Life in Llanfair went on smoothly—that is, apart from the occasional motorbike ridden by a screaming postman careening into a row of dustbins. Evan had delivered his stern warning to Evans-the-Post but it didn’t seem to be doing much good. Mrs. Powell-Jones rang the police station at regular intervals to complain. She threatened also to ring the postmaster in Llanberis and probably the postmaster general in London, but Evans-the-Post was not to be halted on his morning rides of terror.

There were no phone calls from Sergeant Watkins or Glynis Davies for the rest of that Tuesday or all day Wednesday. If the investigation was proceeding, then Evan wasn’t part of it. Evan gleaned from a phone call to headquarters that the autopsy had revealed no sign of a heart attack; also that the bandaged foot had minimal if any damage. Randy Wunderlich would definitely have been able to walk out of the cave. The death was ruled accidental, if puzzling.

Betsy had gone back to work at the Sacred Grove on Wednesday morning. When Evan tried to dissuade her, she claimed that she liked it there better than at the Red Dragon, where she wasn’t appreciated and had no chance to use her talents.

On Wednesday afternoon a board went up outside the Red Dragon, announcing Friday to be trivia night—Llanfair versus Beddgelert.

“He’s getting desperate, wouldn’t you say, Evan?” Charlie Hopkins muttered as he passed Evan on his way to the pub.

“Hurting for business, is he?” Evan asked.

“Indeed he is. Nobody in there but me and Evans-the-Meat last night. Quiet as a grave.”

“And he really thinks a trivia contest will help, does he?”

“Trying everything, isn’t he?” Charlie sucked through his remaining teeth. “It will be beauty contests next week, sheepdog trials, striptease acts … .” He shuffled on, his old body shaking with laughter as he walked.

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