An Uncomfortable Visit

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An Uncomfortable VisitThe afternoon daylight appeared to be giving way to a premature evening as the cab pulled up outside the Bellhaven home on Lewisham Place. Heavy clouds rolling in from the east partially obscured the weak, autumn sunshine, casting their shadow of grey over the streets of the city. The sky seemed to carry a malevolence in keeping with the mood of the day, as far as Norris was concerned. He certainly felt no desire to be here, and knew that his case, though drawing to a close, was about to reach what he always called the `messy' stage, when people and events could jump one way or another, often with extremely varying results. Norris and Hillman alighted, and Norris looked up once more at the grandiose façade of the house's front elevation. He no longer felt the minor s

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