Ch. 10To pursue his plan, Mainwaring had cleverly built a wall between himself and those who were engaged in the company’s normal daily routine. Since Andrea’s death he contrived to be even more unapproachable, except to those who were involved in his conspiracy. Anxiety over further attention from DCS Robbin was playing a large part towards fuelling his mood of paranoia.
Another irritant was Andrea’s father, Air Chief Marshal Edgar Thompson, whose daughter’s death had caused him to tear his bloodshot gaze from the bottom of his brandy glass and start to wonder what was going on in the world around him.
Mainwaring’s preference was that the old fool should stay drunk and well out of the way at his second home, his yacht club in Southampton.
But the tycoon’s major annoyance was a growing
