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Eventually, we sat down for breakfast at the Inn by the Sea where the bacon and eggs were excellent, the coffee not so good, but passable and boiling hot.
“I don’t know,” I said, stretching myself backward. “I believe I could manage another egg and perhaps a rasher or two of bacon. What about you, darling?”
Kimberley shook her head vigorously. “Good God, no,” she exclaimed, patting her perfectly flat stomach. “I’m absolutely stuffed.”
I turned to try and grab the attention of the waitress, when the imposing form of Sergeant Pat Higgins blocked the doorway.
“Sorry to bother you John, but we’ve got an issue at Winchester House.”
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