Whose Body? - Chs 11 & 12 - Dorothy L Sayers

Whose Body? - Chs 11 & 12

Dorothy L Sayers

“A regular pea-souper, by Jove,” said Lord Peter.
Parker grunted, and struggled irritably into an overcoat.
“It affords me, if I may say so, the greatest satisfaction,” continued the noble lord, “that in a collaboration like ours all the uninteresting and disagreeable routine work is done by you.”
Parker grunted again.
“Do you anticipate any difficulty about the warrant?” inquired Lord Peter.
Parker grunted a third time.
“I suppose you’ve seen to it that all this business is kept quiet?”
“Of course.”
“You’ve muzzled the workhouse people?”
“Of course.”
“And the police?”
“Yes.”