Death Among the Sunbathers (2015)
“He had already been made acquainted with their errand, and indeed the day before had been visited by another officer, Inspector Gibbons, whose report Mitchell had read over more than once. And to that report it seemed Mr Bryan had nothing fresh to add. Though he remembered Jo Frankland’s visit well enough, since a journalistic visit has always its importance, he was sure no detail of the least interest concerning it had gone unrecorded.
‘Not that I paid any special attention or thought much... of it at the time,’ he said; ‘I never dreamed of course such a tragedy was going to happen, and journalists often come here now that our great movement is attracting more and more attention and getting more and more into the papers. One of my projects for the future is to establish a paper devoted solely to our great cause. There’s only one thing now that hampers us in spreading our glorious gospel of sunshine.’ ‘The weather?’ suggested Mitchell mildly.
‘The uncertainty of the weather,’ admitted Bryan, shaking his head with an air of gentle reproach, ‘is a difficulty, a great difficulty.MoreLess
‘Not that I paid any special attention or thought much... of it at the time,’ he said; ‘I never dreamed of course such a tragedy was going to happen, and journalists often come here now that our great movement is attracting more and more attention and getting more and more into the papers. One of my projects for the future is to establish a paper devoted solely to our great cause. There’s only one thing now that hampers us in spreading our glorious gospel of sunshine.’ ‘The weather?’ suggested Mitchell mildly.
‘The uncertainty of the weather,’ admitted Bryan, shaking his head with an air of gentle reproach, ‘is a difficulty, a great difficulty.MoreLess
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