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Chapter 6 |
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They found Peter Hobbs under his car an old green car. He got up slowly. |
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He wore old blue trousers and a dirty orange shirt. |
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' We want to talk about Mrs Clarkson,' Inspector Walsh said. |
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' Oh, it' s about her,' Peter said. He looked at the Inspector. |
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' I know she' s dead. Someone in the village told me.' |
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' Why did you go to the Clarkson' s house last night?' |
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' Jackie wanted me to come and see her brother, Roger.' |
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" You' re angry," she said. " Come and tell Roger." |
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I went to the house but nobody opened the door. |
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So I made a lot of noise and then they opened the door. |
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Old Mrs Clarkson wasn' t there. But I told Roger. I told them all!' |
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Peter hit the car with his hand. ' I wanted to kill that woman. |
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I lost my job, my first job, because of her. |
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Last month I was in trouble with the police and |
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that old woman wrote to my office and she told them about the police. |
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I wanted to kill her!' ' Take it easy!' Inspector Walsh said. ' What happened next?' |
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' Jackie gave me some coffee, but her brother didn' t listen to me,' Peter said angrily. |
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' Then Tom Briggs came in. He wanted to talk to Roger, too. |
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But Roger didn' t listen to him. Jackie was very unhappy she nearly cried. |
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Then I went home. That' s all.' ' I see. Now tell me about the tablets. |
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You went to the village on Thursday?' ' Tablets? Oh, yes. I remember. |
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Jackie wanted me to get her mother' s tablets from the village. |
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I go to the village on my bicycle this car doesn' t work.' |
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' Thank you, Peter. That' s all.' ' That' s all?' Peter laughed angrily. |
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' You' re going to come back, I know that! I know the police!' |
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Tom Briggs' farm was about half a mile away, near the river. |
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It was not a big farm, and the house was old and dirty. |
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' Not much money here,' Inspector Walsh said. |
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Tom Briggs was a young man, about thirty years old, with dirty hands and bad teeth. |
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' What' s wrong? Excuse me, I' m eating my dinner,' he said. |
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' We can wait. Finish your dinner,' Inspector Walsh said. |
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' We want to ask one or two questions about last night.' |
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' Come and wait in the front room,' Tom said and opened the door. |
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Inspector Walsh looked at the things in the front room. |
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There was an old black and white television, and some books on the table. |
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There was a picture of a happy young girl with long brown hair on the table, too. |
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Inspector Walsh looked at the picture for a long time. |
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Who was the girl? Tom Briggs came back into the front room. |
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' Finished?' Inspector Walsh asked. ' You know Mrs Clarkson is dead?' |
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Tom Briggs sat down suddenly on the nearest chair. |
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' What? How did she die? When did it happen? I was there last night.' |
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' She died last night or early this morning. What did you do last night?' |
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' Me? Why are you asking me? I went there to meet Mr Clarkson Roger. |
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I' m losing money on this farm and I need more land. |
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I want half Mrs Clarkson' s garden.' ' You went into the kitchen. |
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What did you do next? Can you remember?' |
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Tom Briggs looked at Sergeant Foster and then back at Inspector Walsh. |
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' I remember it very well. All the family were in the kitchen. |
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Peter Hobbs was there, too. I talked to Roger. He wants his mother to sell the house. |
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But he wants the land. He doesn' t want me to have it. But now Mrs Clarkson is dead. |
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What' s going to happen now?' |
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Inspector Walsh got up and took the picture of the girl from the table. |
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' Who' s this?' Tom' s face went red. ' Who? Oh! That' s a friend. |
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It' s not It was a long time ago.' |
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The two detectives walked back to the Clarksons' house through the garden. |
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It was beautiful, green and quiet. Inspector Walsh felt tired and hungry. |
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Who killed Molly? He knew the answer now, |
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but he needed to ask one or two more questions.' Let' s go, Sergeant,' he said, |
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and put on his hat again. ' Tomorrow is a new day.' |