She had called me at 8 am, crying, and havering disjointed nonsense about her half-brother having died from some recessive gene syndrome.‘Isn’t Knox MacIntyre flying in today?’ I asked her. ‘I heard that on the radio.’‘The marriage was consanguineous, you see,’ she sobbed.‘Dinah, make yourself a strong pot of coff–’‘Robin, my beautiful brother, I miss him so much.’‘Ok, I’m coming over.’In 50 minutes Dinah was due to personally walk Knox MacIntyre around the estate. The state she was currently in she couldn’t walk the length of herself. I made her drink a mug of coffee that I brewed to rocket fuel strength and then stood over her while she changed her clothes, washed her face and brushed her hair. I was running around emptying ash trays and throwing wine bottles in a black plastic bag when the line of Range Rovers processed slowly up the drive.Me and Bouncer and Dinah’s dog Mimi scooted out the back, through the servants’ entrance, before Knox MacIntyre arrived.
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