Thursday, October 25, 2007

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Cedric gave her a quick puzzled glance.
"You're worried, sis. What's up?"
Harold spoke with exasperation:
"Really, Cedric, can you ask?"
"Yes, I do ask. Granted a strange young woman has got herself killed in the barn at Rutherford Hall (sounds like a Victorian melodrama) and granted it gave Emma a shock at the time - but Emma's always been a sensible girl - I don't see why she goes on being worried now. Dash it, one get used to everything."
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"Murder takes a little more getting used to by some people than it may in your case," said Harold acidly. "I dare say murders are two a penny in Majorca and –“
"Iviza, not Majorca."
"It's the same thing."
"Not at all - it's quite a different island."
Harold went on talking:
"My point is that though murder may be an everyday commonplace to you, living amongst hot-blooded Latin people, nevertheless in England we take such things seriously." He added with increasing irritation, "And really, Cedric, to appear at a public inquest in those clothes –"
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