A dead man of Barcelona

Серия: Seymour of Special Branch, книга 5

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'The coffins came out of the church…’

‘Yes?’

‘And the men put them down on the ground…’

‘Yes?’

‘And then — then the lids opened and the bodies got out.’

There was a short silence.

‘Got out?’

‘That’s right.’

‘The bodies?’

‘Yes. There were three of them. Look, I know it’s hard to believe-’

‘It certainly is,’ said the Deputy Commissioner.

‘It gave me a shock, I can tell you.’

‘Well, it would. I can see that.’

‘You obviously don’t believe me,’ said Hattersley.

‘No, no, of course I believe you,’ said the Deputy Commissioner heartily, looking at the clock.

‘One of them was a young woman.’

Yes, thought Seymour, sex probably went with it, poor chap.

The Deputy Commissioner looked at him sharply and frowned. Surely he had not said that out loud?

‘Three of them, did you say?’ he said hastily, hoping to cover up.

‘Yes. Of course, they weren’t really dead.’

‘No, no. Of course. No, they wouldn’t be.’

‘I spoke to one of them. The young woman. And she said it was to remember those fallen in Semana Tragica.’