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by Ben Elton


  Kingsley was very moved.

  ‘Shannon told me you did not go.’

  ‘And you believed him?’

  ‘Well…’

  ‘I cannot credit that you believed that man! He was obviously an utter cad. I knew it the first moment I saw him.’

  ‘But you received him again, more than once. He visited you.’

  ‘He may have visited me but I did not receive him. He came to my door but he was informed that I was out. I know his sort.’

  Once more Kingsley was reminded of just how much he loved his wife. Her intuition was faultless.

  ‘Agnes,’ he said, ‘will you marry me?’

  ‘Yes.’

  Once more they embraced and this time she did not break away. Instead she took Kingsley’s hand and led him towards the stairs.

  ‘Most improper before our wedding night,’ she said as they stumbled together into their bedroom.

  After they had made love, Kingsley went into George’s room and stared awhile at the dear face of his sleeping son. When he returned to the bedroom, Agnes was sitting at her dressing table, looking thoughtful.

  ‘This Nurse Murray,’ she said, with just the faintest hint of acid in her tone. ‘She figures rather prominently in your story, doesn’t she? ‘

  ‘Nurse Murray? Oh…she was a fine young woman, a…a great help in the investigation.’

  ‘Really?’ Agnes replied, and there was a wealth of meaning in that single word.

  As Kingsley endeavoured to change the subject, he could not help wondering whether Agnes’s intuition might be just a little too faultless.

  THE END

  Table of Contents

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  THREE

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  FIVE

  SIX

  SEVEN

  EIGHT

  NINE

  TEN

  ELEVEN

  TWELVE

  THIRTEEN

  FOURTEEN

  FIFTEEN

  SIXTEEN

  SEVENTEEN

  EIGHTEEN

  NINETEEN

  TWENTY

  TWENTY-ONE

  TWENTY-TWO

  TWENTY-THREE

  TWENTY-FOUR

  TWENTY-FIVE

  TWENTY-SIX

  TWENTY-SEVEN

  TWENTY-EIGHT

  TWENTY-NINE

  THIRTY

  THIRTY-ONE

  THIRTY-TWO

  THIRTY-THREE

  THIRTY-FOUR

  THIRTY-FIVE

  THIRTY-SIX

  THIRTY-SEVEN

  THIRTY-EIGHT

  THIRTY-NINE

  FOURTY

  FOURTY-ONE

  FOURTY-TWO

  FOURTY-THREE

  FOURTY-FOUR

  FOURTY-FIVE

  FOURTY-SIX

  FOURTY-SEVEN

  FOURTY-EIGHT

  FOURTY-NINE

  FIFTY

  FIFTY-ONE

  FIFTY-TWO

 

 

 


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