Mike Dixon

CHAPTER 28
War Council
he butchers‟ paper was out on the kitchen table, held
T in place by sticky tape and half-filled wineglasses. It
was covered in the multi-colored diagrams that Humphrey
regarded as essential to any investigation. The time was 9
pm. The place was the Hansen residence. Elizabeth was in
her room and could be heard dancing to her ballet records.
Humphrey presided over the table like a general marshalling
his troops.
„A picture is beginning to emerge …‟
He spoke in a voice Janet would once have found irritating
but now recognized as the way Humphrey talked when his
mind was totally concentrated on the task in hand.
He reached for a black pen.
„Item one. The Tom Lee journal has identified Doris and
Rosie as sisters – or half-sisters. Rosie is his granddaughter
by his son, Edward, whom he regarded as a waster. In contrast,
his son James, who became a distinguished surgeon,
was the apple of his father‟s eye.‟
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