It was four o'clock of a spring evening; and Robert Blair was thinking of going home.The office would not shut until five, of course. But when you are the only Blair, of Blair, Hayward, and Bennet, you go home when you think you will. And when your business is mostly wills, conveyancing, and investments your services are in small demand in the late afternoon. And when you live in Milford, where th...
Josephine Tey - The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair
Josephine Tey
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It was four o'clock of a spring evening; and Robert Blair was thinking of going home.The office would not shut until five, of course. But when you are the only Blair, of Blair, Hayward, and Bennet, you go home when you think you will. And when your business is mostly wills, conveyancing, and investments your services are in small demand in the late afternoon. And when you live in Milford, where the last post goes out at 3.45, the day loses whatever momentum it ever had long before four o'clock.