Chapter 23Lucius Doberman swept into the bar room of The Rowan Tree just after seven p.m. If Winston and Joe had thought the professor bore a strange resemblance to the famed cinematic portrayer of Count Dracula that thought was reinforced by the entrance made by Doberman as he arrived to join them for a drink prior to dinner. The man was taller than they'd at first realised, being at least six feet four or five, and he walked with a particularly upright bearing that gave him the appearance of being a man of great strength as well as one of supreme self-confidence. He wore a black Edwardian style jacket with a high and wide collar that wouldn't have looked out of place on the vampirical count himself, with equally black trousers, and a white shirt with a slight ruff at the collar. On anyon
