Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers

Author:Dorothy L Sayers [Sayers, Dorothy L]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective, Crime, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781848943773
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2009-10-15T03:19:41+00:00

He stood for a moment looking at it rather hopelessly. Then he went back to his room and took up a large sheet of foolscap, with the intention of marking off the figures for a client’s appropriation over the next three months. But his mind was not on the figures. Presently he pushed the sheet aside, and sat staring blankly out of the window across the grey London roofs.

“What’s up, Tallboy?” inquired Mr. Wedderburn.

“Life’s the devil,” said Mr. Tallboy. Then, in a sudden outburst:

“My God! how I hate this blasted place. It gets on my nerves.”

“Time you had your holiday,” said Mr. Wedderburn, placidly. “How’s the wife?”

“All right,” rejoined Mr. Tallboy, “but we shan’t be able to get away till September.”

“That’s the worst of being a family man,” replied Mr. Wedderburn. “And that reminds me. Have you done anything about that series for The Nursing Times about ‘Nutrax for Nursing Mothers’?”

Mr. Tallboy thoughtlessly cursed the nursing mothers, dialled Mr. Hankin’s room on the inter-office ’phone and in a mournful tone put in a requisition for six 4-inch doubles on that inspiring subject.

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