‘I sincerely hope that we work together again.’
After a round of farewells, Colbeck and Madeleine left the police station and stepped out into the wide thoroughfare of St Mary Street. It was a fine day and the town was bathed in bright sunshine. People drove past in traps or open carriages. Shop windows shimmered, pavements had been swept clean and pedestrians were wearing their Sunday best. It was a good day to visit the town.
‘Superintendent Stockdale is not the only man who deserves thanks,’ said Colbeck. ‘People like your father are the real heroes.’
‘Why is that, Robert?’
‘They drive the trains that helped us to move about the country so easily. That was a godsend. Without them, we’d have struggled to bring this investigation to an end.’
‘What happens now?’ she asked.
‘I’m going to show you the sights of Cardiff,’ he replied. ‘When we’ve found a restaurant and had a meal, we’ll see all the things that the superintendent has been telling me about.’
Madeleine issued a warning. ‘We mustn’t be too late back.’
‘Why is that?’
‘Father will be expecting me.’
‘There’s no hurry. Let him wait. It will give him more time to read Dombey and Son.’
‘What train will we catch this evening?’
Colbeck grinned. ‘The slowest one,’ he said.
About the Author
EDWARD MARSTON was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home writing children’s books or literary criticism.
www.edwardmarston.com
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