He forced himself to ask the question to which he had been dreading the answer for some time. “Is it Bob?” he said simply.
She knew now that there was no turning back. She had no ability to lie, either to him or to herself. “Yes, it is. Nothing has happened between us, I promise, but I really don’t know whether I’m coming or going, Peter. I have very strong feelings for him, very strong feelings indeed, feelings which I can’t even explain.”
“Are you in love with him?” he asked, knowing already what the answer would be and feeling a deep, yearning ache spreading within him.
“I feel instinctively that I want to be with him, that we belong together,” she said helplessly, and then, slowly, “so yes, Peter, I suppose I am. I’m so sorry, my dear, really truly sorry. I never looked for anything like this to happen. I have been happy with you.”
There was a long silence.
“How long have you known?” she asked finally.
“I didn’t know,” he replied sadly. “Not until just now. But I guessed. I just hoped I was wrong.”
“Oh, Peter, I should have been honest with you sooner. I thought I was acting for the best but I should have known you’d work it out. You’re so wise.”
“It’s not really a matter of being wise,” he said. “Just of knowing you, which I do very well.”
She was crying now, little jerky sobs that she was angry with herself for not being able to control.
“Come on, my darling,” he said. “Let’s be honest with each other and face up to the facts. We owe ourselves that, don’t we, after all the wonderful times we’ve had together?”
“Oh Peter,” she said dismally. “Oh, Peter.”
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WHAT WOULD WIMSEY DO?
A Felony & Mayhem “British” mystery
PUBLISHING HISTORY
First UK edition (Urbane, as Death in Profile): 2012
Felony & Mayhem edition (first US edition): 2019
Copyright © 2012 by Guy Fraser-Sampson
E-book ISBN: 978-1-63194-223-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fraser-Sampson, Guy, author.
Title: What would Wimsey do? / Guy Fraser-Sampson.
Description: Felony & Mayhem edition. | New York : Felony & Mayhem Press,
2019. | “First UK edition (Urbane, as Death in Profile): 2012”--Title page verso. |
Summary: “A series of ugly killings has shattered the orderly workings of the
Hampstead police station. And truth be told, they have shattered the confidence
of the lead investigator on the case, who has long taken pride in his old-school
“copper’s nose.” When yet another body turns up, he’s forced to give way
to a new chief with fancy new detecting techniques. But when those, too,
prove unequal to the task, the police are stymied. So they reach back to the past,
invoking the skills of one of the great Gentleman Sleuths. Is this nutty? No
doubt. But Lord Peter Wimsey always got his man”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019029074 | ISBN 9781631942259 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781631942228 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781631942235 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), 1890---Fiction.
| Hampstead (London, England)--Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6106.R454466 W47 2019 | DDC 823/.92--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029074