Colin Dexter - The Dead of Jericho

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Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit. Inspector Morse turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on Wednesday afternoon. He hadn't planned a second visit, but was back the same day as officer in charge of a suicide investigation.

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Lewis nodded, and Morse passed it over. 'You didn't read this one, either?' asked Morse, taking out the envelope addressed to Charles Richards.

'No, sir. But I should think we know roughly what's in it, don't we?'

'Yes,' said Morse slowly. 'And I think-I think I ought to do what she asked me, don't you?' He passed the envelope across. 'Seal it up, Lewis-and see that he gets it straight away, please.'

Was he doing the right thing? Charles Richards would find the letter terribly hurtful to read-there could be little doubt of that. But, then, life was hurtful. Morse had just been deeply hurt himself… 'I'd hoped you'd get in touch with me', she'd said, 'but you didn't.' Oh! If she'd known… if only she'd known.

He felt Lewis's hand on his shoulder and heard his kindly words. 'Don't forget your beer, sir!'

Epilogue

Jericho has altered little since the events described in these chapters, although the curious visitor will no longer find Canal Reach marked upon the street map, for the site of the narrow little lane in which Ms. Scott and Mr. Jackson met their deaths is now straddled by a new block of flats, in which Mrs. Purvis (together with Graymalkin) is happily resettled, and where one of her neighbours is the polymath who once regaled Morse on the history of Jericho and who is now a mature student reading Environmental Studies at London University. Some others, too, who played their brief parts in the case have moved-or died; but many remain in the area. Mrs. Beavers, for example, continues to run the corner post office, and Mr. Grimes to sit amongst his locks and burglar alarms. And the Italianate campanile of St. Barnabas still towers above the terraced streets below.

In the wider confines of Oxford, a few small items of information may be of some interest to the reader. Michael Murdoch, a jauntily set black patch over his right eye, was able to make a late start to his university studies in the Michaelmas Term, whilst Edward Murdoch's German master confidently predicted a grade 'A' in his Advanced level examination. The bridge club flourished pleasingly, and Gwendola Briggs was heard to boast of twenty-two signatures on the wreath purchased for old Mr. Parkes, cremated on the very day that Charles Richards was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of the murder of George Jackson. Somewhat surprisingly, Detective Constable Walters made up his mind to leave the police and to join the army-a decision which displeased, amongst others, Superintendent Bell, a man who finds his talents now more profitably employed in administration than ever they were in detection. In late November Sergeant Lewis's eldest daughter produced a baby girl, and Mrs. Lewis was so overjoyed that she bought a modestly expensive bottle of red wine to accompany her husband's beloved egg and chips.

And what of Morse? He still walks to his local most evenings, and would appear to take most of his calories in liquid form, for no one has seen him buying cans of food in the Summertown supermarkets. In mid-December he was invited to another party in North Oxford; and as he waited in the buffet queue his eyes caressed the slim and curving bottom of the woman just in front of him as she leant across the table. But he said nothing; and after eating his meal alone, he found an easy excuse to slip away, and walked home.

Colin Dexter

Colin Dexter lives in Oxford He has won many awards for his novels and in 1997 - фото 3

Colin Dexter lives in Oxford. He has won many awards for his novels and in 1997 was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature.

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