35461,A Student Guide to Mexico and the Caribbean,A Student Guide to Mexico and the Caribbean,,Robert MacDonald,18.00,6.00,Monarch Press,1965,簡裝,71,,,A Student Guide to Mexico and the Caribbean, CHAPTER<br > London, April 11, 1974<br > ilently, stealthily, he let himself into the darkened house. As he<br >Sturaed his key in the lock he thought only of what he had come to<br >do. It was raw April, spring still buried in English cold. The neighbors<br >would be tucked in their beds watohing taily if they were not asleep<br >already. The quiet street was deserted at this hour. It had not gone ten<br >yet, and the regulars in the corner pub had another hour to drink before<br >closing time. By then he would be gone. Long gone.<br > And everything would be all right again, with sunshine everywhere.<br > Amanda Warrington was sitting cross-legged on her big bed, mend-<br >ing socks, when she heard a gentle tap on the door, then Jenny s hoarse<br >voice.<br > Lady Warrington," Jenny said, "I m just going down for some tea.<br >Would you like me to fix your eggnog for you? I know you don t want to<br >miss the news." Sweet Jenny. Amanda took a thick eggnog with a nerve-<br >calming powder in it every night before bed. She hated the stuff, but it<br >served the double purpose of soothing her, to help her sleep, while put-<br >ting a little weight on her too-thin frame.<br > "Come in, Jenny," Amanda answered in her mellifluous voice. "I was<br >just about to go down myself. Are you feeling any better?"<br > "A little bit, thank you, Lady Warrington," Jenny said, entering the<br >room. Tonight was supposed to have been her ndght offbut her cold was<br >close to flu and Lady Warrington had kindly offered to let her change for<br >the next night, if she was well enough then.<br > Patrickhad dropped off to sleep on the chaise longue in his mother s<br >"
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