Ruth Rendell by Shake Hands Forever (Uc)

Author:Shake Hands Forever (Uc) [Txt] [Forever, Shake Hands]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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of his motor vehicle, it having disappeared from its customary parking places. On the evening of Thursday, September both inst., having arrived home from his place of business at Go p.m., he proceeded at 6.50 from his domicile and boarded the number z8 bus at West End Green NW6.’

Was there anything in it ? Wexford didn’t think so. On his salary Hathall could easily afford to run a car, but he might have got rid of it only because of the increasing difficulty of on-street parking. Still, it was a good thing from his point of view. Hathall could now be followed.

Wexford never wrote to Ginge. It was too risky. The little red-headed spy might not be above blackmail, and if any letters should fall into the hands of Griswold…. He sent his wages in notes in a plain envelope, and when he had to talk to him, which, on account of the paucity of news, happened rarely, he could always get him between twelve and one at a Kilburn public house called the Countess of Castlemaune.

‘Follow him ?’ said Ginge nervously. ‘What, on that bleeding z8 ?’

‘I don’t see why not. He’s never seen you, has he?’

‘Maybe he has. How should I know? It’s not easy following a bloke on a bleeding bus.’ Ginge’s conversational manner was markedly different from his literary style, particularly as to his use of adjectives. ‘If he goes up top, say, and I go inside, or vicey-versy . .

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