Sins of the Flesh
“To them he added a copy of the cleaned painting of Un Known, and the same painting with pupils of a normal outdoor size, allowing wide, vividly blue irises. Fenella had two pictures: the head and shoulders from the staircase masterpiece, and a Richard Avedon photographic portrait in black and white. And the photograph of Dr. Nell from her police file. Of police files there were five, commencing with her disappearance in 1925, and ending with presumption of her death late in 1933. He doubted the...re was any other case in the Holloman PD files so rich with pictorial history. Mr. John Uppcott was bringing his law firm’s files, but—no pictures!
Uppcott was waiting outside his building, carrying a fat briefcase and a big bag of fresh raisin bagels, and stepped into the passenger seat of Carmine’s beloved Fairlane as soon as he had deposited his burdens on the back seat.
“I suppose you never get a parking ticket, even in this tank,” he said, enjoying blasts of cool air.
“Not unless the cop who issues it feels like spending the rest of his career in our version of Outer Mongolia.”MoreLess
Uppcott was waiting outside his building, carrying a fat briefcase and a big bag of fresh raisin bagels, and stepped into the passenger seat of Carmine’s beloved Fairlane as soon as he had deposited his burdens on the back seat.
“I suppose you never get a parking ticket, even in this tank,” he said, enjoying blasts of cool air.
“Not unless the cop who issues it feels like spending the rest of his career in our version of Outer Mongolia.”MoreLess
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