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Friday
At the top of the steps, Peter halted briefly
to search for the man he was chasing. The sun had set and twilight
was fading into darkness, but Peter saw him speeding across the
parking lot in the direction of the shopping center. He set off in
pursuit.
Running across the hard asphalt surface made
him wish for proper footwear and shorts rather than the hard-soled
shoes and suit pants he wore. His quarry had the advantage of
tennis shoes. Nevertheless, Peter was well coordinated and kept
himself in good physical condition for a man of his age and sedate
profession. Going flat out across the parking lot, he gained
slightly on the other, who still had a lead of nearly forty
yards.
Peter wanted to catch him before they got to
the entrance of the shopping center; the
