Elk 02 the Joker (2013)
Elk 02 the Joker
“He had the general’s gift of foretelling his enemy’s movements.
Jim called the next morning at the lawyer’s office in Theobald’s Road; and when the dour clerk denied him an interview, he produced his card.
‘Take that to Mr Ellenbury. I think he will see me,’ he said.
The clerk returned in a few seconds and ushered him into a cupboard of a place which could not have been more than seven feet square. Mr Ellenbury rose nervously from behind his microscopic desk and offered a limp, damp... hand.
‘Good morning, Inspector,’ he said. ‘We do not get many visitors from Scotland Yard. May I inquire your business?’ ‘I am making inquiries regarding the death of a woman named Gibbins,’ said the visitor.
Mr Ellenbury was not startled. He bowed his head slowly. ‘She was the woman taken out of the Regent’s Canal some weeks ago; I remember the inquest,’ he said.MoreLess
Jim called the next morning at the lawyer’s office in Theobald’s Road; and when the dour clerk denied him an interview, he produced his card.
‘Take that to Mr Ellenbury. I think he will see me,’ he said.
The clerk returned in a few seconds and ushered him into a cupboard of a place which could not have been more than seven feet square. Mr Ellenbury rose nervously from behind his microscopic desk and offered a limp, damp... hand.
‘Good morning, Inspector,’ he said. ‘We do not get many visitors from Scotland Yard. May I inquire your business?’ ‘I am making inquiries regarding the death of a woman named Gibbins,’ said the visitor.
Mr Ellenbury was not startled. He bowed his head slowly. ‘She was the woman taken out of the Regent’s Canal some weeks ago; I remember the inquest,’ he said.MoreLess
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