Chapter 25

Get on top? Ambling along the corridor, Flint wondered how even his twisted mind could have conceived such a thing. Even by his own unexacting standard of lowness, he'd plumbed a whole new depth. He pushed open the door to the Blue Chamber. This place was nice. Not quite his taste. But comfortable.

He closed the door and poured a glass of rum from the bottle that now stood on the washstand. As if the best place for it was down the sink.

The saw of crickets, dwindling now the evening air had cooled, drifted through the slats in the shutters as he poured the glassful down his throat.