A Nice Class of Corpse

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I have decided today that the only way to get out of my current difficulties is by murder. It is really rather a surprise that I had not come to this conclusion earlier, since it will so simply and immediately resolve the problems that have been aggravating me for some time.

Having reached the age I now have, I know myself well enough to recognise that the crime will give me no moral qualms. And as for the other great traditional deterrent to murder, the fear of being caught, that again does not operate with me. Indeed, arrest and trial might add a welcome excitement to the few years, or possibly only months, that I have left.

∨ A Nice Class of Corpse ∧

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The diarist lived in the Devereux Hotel, Littlehampton, whose sea-front position was, according to the brochure, ‘unrivalled’. However, few brochures were ever sent out; the clientele of the Devereux tended to arrive by personal recommendation.

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