By Alan Hunter
In case you have been to wager how a womanising, middle-aged brewer was once murdered, you may say he used to be shot by means of a jealous husband or drowned in his personal beer - now not savaged by way of a horse.The unusual demise of Charles Berney, savaged and trampled to dying via a horse on a windswept stretch of moorland, got here as he had it appears settled down with an enticing younger spouse and used to be targeting constructing his enterprise. He can have argued along with his spouse at her celebration the evening earlier than his demise, but if he trigger for a company assembly in London the subsequent morning, nobody anticipated him to finish up murdered at the moor. How did he get there? the reply comes merely after lightly has unravelled essentially the most extraordinary situations of his whole occupation
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From time to time, Javitz half-rose in his cockpit to peer at the ground past the high nose of the 'plane, making minor corrections each time. Unbidden, a thought crept into my mind: Would it be irresponsible of me to turn over the duties of nurse-maid to Javitz--just for the day--while I returned to the islands to see what could be done about Brothers? Clearly, the pilot had friends in the area. And he seemed to know better than I how to communicate with children. Yes, I had promised Estelle's father that I would watch over her; but surely removing the threat of Brothers would offer a more complete protection?
At the first chemist's shop, a bell tinkled when Holmes stepped inside, but the customers took little notice: Stray fishermen were a commonplace. On reaching the counter, Holmes asked for sticking plasters, a box of throat lozenges, and a tube of ointment for Persistent Rashes and Skin Conditions. Picking the coins from his palm, he then said, "M'lad on the boat picked up a baddish slice, mebbe should have a coupla' stitches. " "There was, he took ill. Got a locum, though. " "He'll do," Holmes grunted, and asked for directions.
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