matters allowed him to move in. All in all, things had worked out well in the end, albeit after three tragic deaths, for which Tom suspected that James Robertson would have had some tough questions to answer from Saint Peter when he arrived at the Pearly Gates.
He rolled over on to his stomach and smiled happily at Lynette, whose pleasant face was only a few inches from his own. He had the feeling that even after only two months in Malaya, his life had taken a turn that would last for the rest of his life.
Risking the eagle eye of the Matron, who sat in a deckchair twenty yards away, Captain Howden RAMC craned his neck towards Lieutenant Chambers, QARANC and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
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Knight, Bernard.
Dead in the dog.
1. Pathologists–Fiction. 2. Singapore–Social
conditions–20th century–Fiction. 3. Detective and
mystery stories.
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