The Disreputable Duke
own the motorway's hard shoulder to the now parked up Ducati Multistrada. Puffs of vapour rose into the freezing air as
umbs were tucked casually into his jacket pocket like some John Wayne cow
only he could have got in front of the Eddi
reat hurry," he said, looking up at the po
im, there was no re
going?" The sergeant sai
eed to get there very soon, or I will b
u, one of the serving staff, big funeral up
ted laugh, "But I will be late for the
ense please, I hope you're i
or?" Jasper asked, sounding aggrieved and re
t you are, Sir. A s
ng in his notebook and then to
been dri
fact, and it was the early hours of the morning when he'd
ht I had
Sir, keep blowing unt
achine, he knew without a shadow of a
er. All Jasper heard was the name of the pe
ked at th
the owner of thi
end mine, and I borrowed it because I thought i
ther's f
, the 10th Duke
Eddie looked at t
one yet, it just seemed to be an odd thing to say out loud, and it brought home the godawful fa
ee to my guests, who I might add, includes your boss the Chief Constable. Would you like to phon
t will be necessary. Do yo
up to retrieve the heavy bike lock and sec
n while they were on the motorway. Sitting in the back of the police car, Jasper was feeling very awkward. He h
before my mother sees them, the fact that I a
ay. His pale and stressed out mother
he Lord Lieutenant of the
seeing the police car. "Oh my
hief constable, assured her. He gently put his arm around her to comfort her
CC's arm off her an
ng out, and shaking her head in disappointment, and not giving him time
me in the hall ready to take on your duties and
y Mortimer glared at Jaspe
re Jasper th
im up and down, he'd never liked the man, and now that he
ice that could cut glass. He looked down at the now blustering man. "In case you need remin
he manor kicking it hard with his foot, so it slammed shut, blocking out t
owed him up the grand staircase collecting the clothes that Jasp
y." Francis barked, knowing that he was the
room; his hand clamped
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