“Jo decides her. ‘Stay here,’ she barks at Ruth. That does it. Ruth isn’t going to be bossed about by a woman in tight trousers who thinks she’s Helen Mirren playing Jane Tennison. She follows Jo through the broken doors into the lobby”
― The Chalk Pit
― The Chalk Pit
“She looks at them solemnly, glasses glinting. The man next to Nelson, who earlier introduced himself as a minicab driver called Steve, is apparently asleep. Nelson gave his name simply as Harry and didn’t vouchsafe an occupation”
― The Chalk Pit
― The Chalk Pit
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