4: A Nice Piece of Glamour
NIKOLLS SAID: 'It's funny, but every mornin' around eleven o'clock I come over sorta dizzy. I wonder why it is.'
Callaghan said: 'I don't. It's happened ever since Effie removed the Bourbon from the drawer in my office desk. Help yourself.'
Nikolls said: 'Thanks!' He went to the sitting-room sideboard, took out a bottle and a glass, poured a stiff one. He swallowed it in one gulp. He said: 'That's better. It's funny how a little whisky clears the head.'
Callaghan put his hands behind his head and looked up at the ceiling. He was lying on the settee. He wore pillar-box red silk pyjamas. He looked almost Mephistophelean.
He said: 'Which Company was it covered the Admiral's life insurance?'
'The Globe & Associated,' said Nikolls. 'The Managing Director is a gu
